Michelle Perrot | |
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 Perrot in 2016 | |
| Born | 18 May 1928 |
| Nationality | French |
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| Notable work | Simone de Beauvoir Prize recipient |
Michelle Perrot (born 18 May 1928, Paris) is a French historian, and Professor emeritus of Contemporary History at the Paris Diderot University. [1] She won the 2009 Prix Femina Essai. [2]
She has worked on the history of labor movements, and studied with Ernest Labrousse, with Michel Foucault, and with Robert Badinter.
She is a pioneer in the emergence of women's history and gender studies in France. She edited with Georges Duby, Histoire des femmes en Occident ("History of women in the West"; 5 vols.), Plon, 1990–1991).
Her work appears in Libération , and she produced and presented "History Mondays" (les lundis de l'histoire) on France Culture radio.
In 2014, she received the Simone de Beauvoir Prize. [3]
For her, feminism is a universal freedom. [4] She is co-author of the book "A History of Women in the West". [5]
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Michel Winock is a French historian, specializing in the history of the French Republic, intellectual movements, antisemitism, nationalism and the far right movements of France. He is a professeur des universités in contemporary history at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and member of L'Histoire magazine's editing board. Winock has also worked as a reporter for Le Monde.
Gabrielle Houbre is a French historian. She is a lecturer at the University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Specializing in 19th century history, she pursues research of gender, history of sexuality, the body, sensitivities, and youth.
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Marie-Josèphe Bonnet is a French specialist in the history of women, history of art, and history of lesbians. She has also published books in the history of the French resistance and occupation.
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