Conference theme
Welcome!The theme Political Women 1500 – 1900 comprises research on women who were politically active before the breakthrough of political democracy. The concept includes women who sought to influence the exercise of power, e.g. by voting in local, regional or national elections or attempting to influence politicians through petitions, personal conversations or bribery, and/or women who participated in establishing political power groups, e.g. the Salonnières of the Enlightenment, female patrons or women who were part of informal power structures in their local communities. Women taking part in revolts and/or collective protests are other examples of politically active women. All women belonging to this category, regardless of the social class (peasantry, bourgeoisie, nobility or other) they belonged to, are of interest. |