Sur les traces de Madeleine Pelletier

Sur les traces de Madeleine Pelletier (2021)

October 31st, 20210h 58min

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In April, 1939, the police came to the home of Dr. Madeleine Pelletier. Who could this woman declared as a threat to pubic order and safety be? Seen as so dangerous that she should not be allowed to defend herself, she was interned in an asylum. Feminist activist, asexual / lesbian and libertarian, the first French female psychiatrist, she invented the concept of gender.


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