Assassinating a King in Marseille, 1934 with Dr. Chris Millington
Dr. Chris Millington talks all about how Eastern European terrorists asssassinated the King of Yugoslavia in 1934 Marseille.
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Today’s special episode is an interview with Dr. Sarah Fishman. Dr. Fishman is a professor of history at the University of Houston, and acclaimed author of such works as From Vichy to the Sexual Revolution: Gender, Marriage and Family in France 1945-1965, The Battle for Children: World War II, Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice in Twentieth-Century France and We Will Wait: Wives of French Prisoners of War, 1940-1945, among others. She was also my former adviser and is the reason I am what I am today. Today we are talking about her new book Bridges to Feminism: Marcelle Auclair, Marcelle Ségal and Women’s Magazines in Twentieth Century France. The book is a fascinating look at two of France’s most popular women advice columnists who reshaped society and played an important role in the burgeoning feminist movement.
Script forthcoming
Dr. Millington is a Reader in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of multiple books on twentieth-century France, notably Fighting for France: Violence in Interwar French Politics (2018) and A History of Fascism in France (2019).