L'engagement féminin dans la Croix-Rouge de Belgique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) : une réelle contribution à l'émancipation ?

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Supervisors

Debruyne, Emmanuel ; ROCHET, Bénédicte

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en histoire, à finalité approfondie

Abstract

enDuring the Second World War, the Belgium Red Cross increased its efforts to assist at its best the people under the German occupation. To meet its minimum quota of personals, the Red Cross call in female reinforcement. Based on the Red Cross archives, this dissertation analyzes the female role in this humanitarian institution, their roles, their profiles and their status. This work will also permit to raise the women emancipation question : what influence the women participation in the Belgium Red Cross during the war, has influenced the emancipation period ? This work underlines the ambivalent position of the Red Cross toward the women emancipation. Indeed, the humanitarian institution suggest more responsibilities, autonomy and lead the women to work in men jobs (such as driving or working in public administrations). However, these points only concern the rich women, occupying a more relatively important place in the Red Cross. They are also shadowed by the conservative message, supporting a traditional distribution of gender, sent by the institution.