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13 03, 2024

WWII Female Agents Behind Enemy Lines – Part 1

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Violette Szabo and other female agents were sent to France by F Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII. F Section (French Section), part of SOE, set up as a clandestine organization “to set Europe ablaze”, as Winston Churchill once said.

1 02, 2024

Great Women of France: 18th and 19th centuries – Part 2

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The 'salons' of 17th and 18th century France are sometimes called “the cradle of the French Revolution.” Salons were discussions among a group of carefully selected nobles and intellectuals, typically organized by women called salonnières.

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