Femmes françaises

{{Short description|Communist feminist magazine in France (1944–1957)}}

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Femmes françaises ({{langx|fr|French women}}) was a feminist and communist women's magazine which was launched in 1944 and was the publication of the feminist social movement Femmes solidaires. The publisher of the magazine was France d'abord.{{cite web|title=Union des femmes françaises (UFF)|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/html/und/presse-et-revues/union-des-femmes-francaises-uff?mode=desktop|publisher=Gallica|access-date=24 August 2021|language=fr}} The magazine was published on a weekly basis.{{cite journal|author=Dominique Loiseau|title=L'Union des femmes françaises pendant les Trente Glorieuses: entre «maternalisme», droit des femmes et communisme|journal=Le Mouvement Social|year=2018|volume=4|issue=265|page=37|doi=10.3917/lms.265.0037|s2cid=150564509|language=fr}} In 1948 the magazine sold 5,600 copies. It ceased publication in 1957 and was succeeded by another feminist magazine, Clara.{{cite web|title=Clara Magazine|publisher=Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation|date=16 May 2015

|url=https://www.euromedwomen.foundation/pg/en/resources/view/4327/clara-magazine|access-date=19 August 2021}}

From October 1949 to May 1952 Élise Fraysse was redactor in chief of Femmes françaises.{{Citation|author=Paul Boulland

|title=Fraysse Élise, Lasserre Élise|date=21 January 2022|location=Paris|url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article23991|publisher=Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier|language=fr|access-date=4 February 2022}} Her coverage of events leading to Tunisian independence resulted in her imprisonment in 1952.