Belief and Disbelief in the Space Between, 1914-1945 by Jean-Christophe MURAT

“…This article explores the political and spiritual journey of Douglas Hyde (1911-1996), from Methodism through communism to Roman Catholicism, as described in I Believed, his autobiography published in 1950. Hyde, a prominent member of the British Communist Party (CPGB) from 1928 to 1948, occupies a position in the history of twentieth-century communism that is at once typical and unusual. …”
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The Politics of Objects: Eliza Cook’s Biographies of Things by Fabienne Moine

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Feminism and Faith: Exploring Christian Spaces in the Writing of Sara Maitland and Michèle Roberts by Arina LUNGU-CIRSTEA

“…In 1983, British feminists Sara Maitland and Jo Garcia edited Walking on the Water (London: Virago), a collection of “essays, stories, poems and pictures by women about spirituality”. Contributors had been invited in particular to explore the relationship between their feminist identity and their religious beliefs. …”
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“Grim old London welcomed me back”: Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Second Foray into Europe by Leslie PETTY

“…In addition to her written work, she waded into new activist territory, helping launch the International Council of Women in 1888, championing Irish Home Rule and the American Populist Party, and increasingly distancing herself from the organized suffrage movement. …”
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Traces et sens de l'Histoire chez les voyageuses françaises et britanniques dans l'Italie préunitaire (1815-1861) by Nicolas Bourguinat

“…The analysis draws on more than 150 references written and/or published by French and British women: travel books, travel diaries, extracts from autobiographies or memoirs, private letters.  …”
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« Moi, je revenais à ma mère ». Les trajectoires « scolaires » des frères et des sœurs comme lieu d’expérience de la différence des sexes au xixe siècle by Isabelle Matamoros

“…In early nineteenth-century France, only a few girls and boys could access other learnings than reading, writing and counting. Some women, writing their autobiographies, remembered that they suffered from another handicap : their brother were widely favored as siblings, since their parents considered boys’ education as a priority investment. …”
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Lectures historiques et apprentissage de l’histoire chez les filles et les garçons, 1700-1815. Une analyse sérielle de leurs souvenirs by Pierre Caspard

“…That must not be a hindrance to the search for some regularities in the learning practices of these children: they bear testimony in historical memoirs, memories and autobiographies. We have systematically analysed 156 of them, 122 written by men, 34 by women born between 1700 and 1815. …”
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