Essai

A different kind of activism

The position of catholic women teachers in their union (Belgium, 1950-1965)

Lies van RompaeyMarc DepaepeFranck Simon

In this article we would like to focus on the position of women in the Christian teachers union in Belgium in the years 1950-1965. In spite of their numerical dominance in the teaching occupation and in the union, women teachers never exercised real structural power in teacher unionism during this period. Yet, the union was alive to the fact that women teachers formed an important segment of their members. The marriage bar f.e. became a central issue in the debate...