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Visit to the permanent exhibition Women during the Second World War

Publié le 24 July 2024

8 September 2024, at 3pm

In clear contrast to the emancipation of the 1920s and the suffragettes, the Vichy regime tried to confine women to the social role of wife and mother. This was not accepted by many, particularly those involved in the Resistance. The exhibition provides an insight into the issues at stake at the time, the reactions of these women to this oppression and their commitment to liberating France.

Les femmes durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale | CHRD | Musée d’histoire | Lyon dans la guerre, 1939-1945