CLARK, Linda L <br/><br/>
The rise of professional women in France :  gender and public administration since 1830 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2000 
 - 324 p. 
<br/><br/> Part 1: Defining a feminine sphere of action, 1830-1914  Public roles for maternal authority: the introduction of inspectresses, 1830-1870  Educating a new democracy: school inspectresses and the third republic  Addressing crime, poverty, and depopulation: the interior ministry inspectresses  Protecting women workers: the labor administration  Part 2: Steps toward equality: women's administrative careers since first world war  Introduction: The first world war: a "1789" for women?  New opportunities for women in central government offices, 1919-1929  The challenges of the 1930s for women civil servants  Gendered assignments in the interwar labor, health, and education ministries  Firings and hirings, collaboration and resistance: women civil servants and the second world war  After the pioneers: women administrators since 1945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Genero<br/>Administração Pública<br/>Participacao da Mulher<br/>Gestão Participativa
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Franca