The Saint-Simonians in Egypt. Critical Analysis of a Model of Empowerment Authors Christiane Veauvy Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris) Keywords: Sain-Simonians, transformation of women, Egypt, Suzanne Voilquin Abstract The purpose of this article is the analysis of the little-known influence and the development of the Saint-Simonians and their idea of the transformation of women in Egypt. My work is based on their texts, and especially on the study of their central figure, Suzanne Voilquin, and her autobiographical work, without forgetting the work of Clorinde Rogé, Cécile Fournel and Agarithe Caussidère. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 17 (2011): Queerencias. Literaturas hispánicas y estudios LGBTQ Section Miscellaneous License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).