Blessed Motherhood, Bitter Fruit - Nelly Roussel and the Politics of Female Pain in Third Republic France

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Nelly Roussel, "Contemporary of the Future" 4(9) 1 Conversion Experiences 13(22) 2 Mother and Missionary: The Ideological Foundations of an Unorthodox Feminism 35(35) 3 The Making and Marketing of a Spectacular Apostle 70(29) 4 The Public and Private Politics of Female Self-Sacrifice: Audience Reception 99(36) 5 Pathologies and Persecutions 135(36) 6 The Great War: Pacifism, Censorship, and the Disease of a "Weary, Wounded Heart" 171(34) 7 Last Battles: Words of Combat, Hope, and Pain 205(34) Epilogue 239(12) Notes 251(40) Bibliography 291(12) Index 303