Rebecca Rogers on the Education of Girls in France, Episode 339
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In France, levels of education of girls have increased steadily since WW2, but it took us a long time to get there. As discussed in this episode with Rebecca Rogers, 210 years ago Napoleon Bonaparte put a big emphasis on educating boys while mostly ignoring the education of girls in France. But not entirely, he setup some fine institutions for the education of girls in France.
Napoleon's "oversight" did not get resolved fast. In episode 79 of the podcast we discussed the difficulties Marie Curie encountered doing her research in the early 1900s. It probably would have been just as bad or worse in many countries, but Marie Curie was yesterday! Why did it take us so long to realize how important it is to educate girls in France?
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/339
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join us in France episode 339. |
| 0:04.7 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, and join us in France is the podcast where we look around France |
| 0:10.0 | so you can best enjoy France as a destination. |
| 0:13.0 | We talk about French culture, history, gastronomy, |
| 0:16.2 | and everything it takes to have a meaningful experience in France. |
| 0:20.5 | Today I bring you a conversation with Dr. Rebecca Rogers about the education of girls in France. |
| 0:27.0 | Dr. Rogers is a professor at the University of Paris and conducts research under the banner of the CNRS, that's a major research entity in France. |
| 0:38.0 | Her specialty is the history of education. |
| 0:42.0 | She earned her first degree at Harvard and then she came to France for her de-uwa and doctoral degrees and then she moved back to the US to teach at the University of Iowa and back to France for much of her career. |
| 0:55.0 | I first heard her on the Cour de Listoir, which is a radio show on France Culture, |
| 1:02.0 | where she was a guest as a major expert in the field of the education of girls in France. |
| 1:07.0 | I thought I'd love to talk to her so I reached out and she graciously accepted. |
| 1:12.0 | We had a great time chatting about her life with one foot in |
| 1:16.0 | America and the other in France and also of course talk about the education of girls |
| 1:21.0 | in France and where you might go to see some of the places of |
| 1:25.3 | education of girls in French history. If you like what we do here at join us in |
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| 1:52.0 | at join us in France.com slash newsletter. the The Bonjour Rebecca Rogers and welcome to join us in France. |
| 2:31.6 | Hello Anna Sergeant, it's a pleasure to be speaking with you. |
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