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French Feminist Icon To Groundbreaking Smartphone — On This Day In History January 9

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Post date January 9, 2025

The rise of a new king, the birth of a feminist icon, and the launch of a groundbreaking device.

Tags apple, aswan dam, gamal abdel nasser, history, iphone, italy, january 9, simone de beauvoir, steve jobs, umberto i, united states, video, world history

Society Women Worldwide

A Closer Look At “The French Roe” And The State Of Abortion Rights In France

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Post date September 11, 2022

Lawyer Gisèle Halimi accompanies Marie-Claire Chevalier at the Bobigny trial in 1972. Maud Forget

In 1972, Marie-Claire Chevalier’s trial paved the way for the legalization of abortion in France, much like Roe v. Wade did in the U.S. soon after. But as the Supreme Court overturned this landmark decision on the other side of the Atlantic, where do abortion rights now stand in France?

Tags abortion, abortion rights, far right, feminism, france, gisèle halimi, marie-claire chevalier, marine le pen, planned parenthood, roe v wade, simone de beauvoir, simone veil, women, women's rights

In The News

Feminist Humor And Basic Economics

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Post date March 8, 2017

At the Women's March in Washington, D.C. ZUMA

-Essay- PARIS — In 1949, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir published the landmark feminist book Le Deuxième Sexe (“The Second Sex”). The work is a challenge to anyone who chooses — or is assigned? — to read it, with almost 1,000 pages between two volumes. Revered for the clarity and force of its arguments, de […]