Women Behind the Curtain: Flora Tristan

<p>Flora Tristan (1803-1844) was a French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued that the progress of women's rights was directly related with the progress of the working class. She wrote several well-known works, including Peregrinations of a Pariah, Promenades in London, and The Workers' Union.</p> <p><strong>For Further Reading:</strong></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/23535978?seq=6">Flora Tristan: Forgotten Feminist and Socialist</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://ageofrevolutions.com/2019/06/17/flora-tristan-radical-socialist-feminist-and-first-internationalist/">Flora Tristan: Radical Socialist, Feminist, And First Internationalist</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://files.libcom.org/files/2023-02/Tristan,%20Flora%20-%20Workers'%20Union.pdf">L’Union ouvrière, or The Workers’ Union</a></li> </ul> <p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This month, we're pulling back the curtain to reveal women overlooked in their own lifetimes or in our historical accounts of the eras in which they lived. We're talking about the activists, thinkers, leaders, artists, and innovators history has forgotten.</p> <p>History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.</p> <p>Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytel