Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: WRITING ABOUT INTER-WAR FRANCE: THE TEXTBOOK AS TEXT; DEMOGRAPHY AND ITS DISCONTENTS; FROM KINDERGARTEN TO YOUTH HOSTEL: GROWING UP BETWEEN THE WARS; 'A SLIP OF A GIRL CAN FLY IT': THE FALSE PROMISES OF AVIATION; WHAT DID PEOPLE DO ALL DAY? THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN FRANCE BETWEEN THE WARS; FROM THE DEPRESSION TO THE STRIKES: OUVRIERS AND OUVRIRES; THE TRUCE BETWEEN THE SEXES? THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE POPULAR FRONT.