Obtenir l’égalité philosophique. L’accès des femmes à la philosophie en France (1868-1918)

In its principles, the Third Republic was based on the Enlightenment and the French Revolution legacy. In practice, it was confronted to many paradoxes already identified by women’s history. But one of them still remains: exactly at the same time that philosophy was considered as the most republican practice, based on universal concepts, the Ministry of Education banned the teaching of philosophy for women. This article brings elements to build a history of women philosophers during the Third Republic, years before Simone de Beauvoir success, and reminds the existence of the fight for the right to philosophize as men.