AELDERS (Etta Palm, baronne d')

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AELDERS (Etta Palm, baronne d')
Regulations of the Patriotic and Charitable Society of the Friends of Truth, for the establishment of four Houses for the education of young Girls. [At the end]: From the Printing House of the Social Circle, n.d. [ca. 1791]. Booklet in-8 of 15 pages, in 2 uncut sheets, in modern cardboard slipcase. A project for schools for the education of young girls in Paris, by an ardent feminist who wished to make them "estimable citizens, virtuous wives, respectable mothers of families." Originally from Holland, Etta Palm (1743-1799) arrived in Paris around 1774 after her husband had left her to live in the East Indies. She frequented the literary and political circles of the capital under the name of "Baroness of Aelders" and became involved in espionage activities. The patriotic and charitable society of the Friends of Truth, which she founded around 1790, was one of the first women's clubs in France. At the end of 1790 and the beginning of 1791, she actively participated in the meetings of the Cercle social founded by Abbé Fauchet and practised by Condorcet. There she eloquently supported the rights of women. [...] In addition to her doctrinal and propagandistic activity, Etta Palm tried to organize the feminist movement. She founded several women's societies [...] she conceived a project for the federation of all women's societies in Paris and the provinces. [...] With Condorcet, Olympe de Gouges and Etta Palm, the feminist doctrine reached its apogee in 1790, 1791 and at the beginning of 1792 (Louis Devance, "Le Féminisme pendant la Révolution française" in Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 1977, 229, pp. 341-376). A paperback copy, as issued, bearing at the bottom of the first page this handwritten note: The subscription is 3 # per month.
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