The fight for women's rights was also made with music! Our columnist Angèle Chatelier retraces the history of feminism with the musicians and singers who marked this conquest, on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, Sunday March 8.
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From Lesley Gore and Anne Sylvestre ...
"Don't tell me what to do or what to say": this is the message that the American singer Lesley Gore brought in 1963, at the age of 17, in her pop title You Don't Own Me (considered one of the earliest feminist hits). On November 27, 2016, the song entered the Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
In France, the pioneer was called Anne Sylvestre. Author, composer and performer - which was rare at the time -, she notably committed to abortion in 1974 in No, you don't have a name and doesn't hesitate to write about the violence made to women in Sweet Home .
... to Amel Bent and Clara Luciani
Since then, there has been no shortage of feminist hits - even if the message is sometimes more watermarked. The title Ma philosophie d'Amel Bent, co-written with rapper Diam's, has sold more than 600,000 copies and has become the anthem of a whole generation. The singer also interpreted it after the march against gender-based and sexual violence last November alongside Juliette Armanet and Pomme.
Amel Bent was then joined by other icons of the new committed music scene, such as Corsica Clara Luciani or Belgian Angele, author of Balance ton quoi .