Abstract This article examines the controversy surrounding novelist Marcelle Tinayre’s nomination to the French Legion of Honor in January 1908 as an important window onto the active interrogation of public female roles in the belle epoque press. When she learned of her nomination, Tinayre, best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels and darling of the women’s press, offered her reaction to several French dailies. The controversy over her remarks, deemed overly coquettish and insulting to French patrimony, led to nearly one hundred articles and the ultimate suppression of Tinayre’s nomination. By examining Tinayre’s ill-fated efforts to reconcile a conventionally feminine image with the traditionally masculine public sphere, this article brings to light new challenges that accompanied belle epoque women’s increased professional success and visibility. The Tinayre affair also exposes sharp differences between ideas about women’s public roles promoted by women’s magazines and those endorsed by publications meant for a more general audience. Cet article examine la controverse qui a entouré, en janvier 1908, la promotion de la romancière Marcelle Tinayre au rang de chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. Apprenant sa nomination, Tinayre, auteur de plusieurs romans salués par la critique et elle-même enfant chérie de la presse féminine, fait part immédiatement de ses impressions à plusieurs quotidiens français. A la suite de ces remarques, considérées comme faussement modestes et insultantes pour le patrimoine français, plus d’une centaine d’articles paraissent dans la presse et la promotion de Tinayre est finalement annulée. En analysant la tentative maladroite de Tinayre pour concilier sa féminité de convention et un espace public traditionnellement masculin, cet article met en lumière les nouveaux défis auxquels, en raison de ses récents succès professionnels et de sa nouvelle visibilité, la femme de la Belle Epoque doit faire face. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Reddit Technorati Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article doi: 10.1215/00161071-1424938 French Historical Studies 2012 Volume 35, Number 1: 93-121 » Abstract Full Text (PDF) Classifications Article Services Email this article to a colleague Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Download to citation manager Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Google Scholar Articles by Mesch, R. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Reddit Technorati Twitter What's this? Current Issue Winter 2012, 35 (1) Alert me to new issues of French Historical Studies Duke University Press Journals ONLINE About the Journal Editorial Board Submission Guidelines Permissions Advertising Indexing / Abstracting Privacy Policy Subscriptions Library Resource Center Activation / Acct. Mgr. E-mail Alerts Help Feedback Society for French Historical Studies © 2012 by Society for French Historical Studies Print ISSN: 0016-1071 Online ISSN: 1527-5493 var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5666725-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview();

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