Marie-Odette Dubois-Violette

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Marie-Odette Dubois-Violette (1918-2004) was the first female Inspector General of National Education in France. [1] [2]

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Personal life

She was born in 1918 in France, [3] and her father was Léon Blaise. [4] She married the physicist Pierre-Louis Dubois-Violette. [5]

Career and honors

From 1942 to 1945, she received a research grant from the CNRS. From 1946 to 1950, she was a researcher at the CNRS while working on her thesis; she obtained her doctorate in 1951. [5] [2]

She was a member of the jury for the mathematics agrégation in the late 1960s. [5]

From 1971 until 1976 she was the first female Inspector General of National Education in France. [2] [1]

She retired in 1976. [5]

She was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1977. [6]

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References

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  4. Jacqueline Ferrand, « Notices sur les camarades décédés : Blaise (Laurence, Marie-Odette, épouse Dubois-Violette », Recueil annuel de l'Association amicale de secours des anciens élèves de l'École normale supérieure « Recueil 2006 », 2006, p. 65
  5. 1 2 3 4 Jacqueline Ferrand, « Notices sur les camarades décédés : Blaise (Laurence, Marie-Odette, épouse Dubois-Violette », Recueil annuel de l'Association amicale de secours des anciens élèves de l'École normale supérieure « Recueil 2006 », 2006, p. 63
  6. Blaise-Dubois-Violette via BnF Catalogue général (http:// catalogue.bnf.fr).