The ARTFL Project, a collaboration between the French government and the University of Chicago, is a rich archive of digitized French literature with English translations. The Encyclopédie is the “crown jewel” of the “Legacies of The Enlightenment.” Labor laws and Guild restrictions of that time forbade women employment. Yet illustrations confirm women were working with men in these forbidden roles. Undocumented, women are not “searchable,” in effect rendering them silent. I created a finding aid (publication pending) with descriptive introduction and metadata indexing the working women, giving future scholars a more complete understanding of women’s historical significance within the workforce.
Organization
The University of Chicago, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Division of the Humanities, The ARTFL Project
Supervisor
Dr. Robert Morrissey, The University of Chicago, and Dr. Glen Roe, The Sorbonne
Capstone Type
Professional Experience Project