Female Immortals - 9 French intellectuals: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
The Académie française has a total of 732 members, known as 'Immortals' - but only nine are women! Let’s find out more about these female intellectuals.
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Miss France pageant: racist, sexist or just a bit of fun?
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Advancing like an escargot: the representation of French women in politics
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Entrepreneurs in Paris: meet Sandrine Benattar of Soleilles Cowork
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Be inspired by entrepreneur and designer Kasia Dietz
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French women come loaded with clichés, but for every conformity to the rule is a contradiction. Debra Ollivier looks behind the cliché to see the nuances. France