French feminist, awarded Commandeur de la Légion dhonneur and Grand-Officier de lordre national du Mérite. In 1955, she proposed along with the gynaecologist Marie-Andrée Weill-Halle to found an organisation to promote birth control. This would be the Maternité Heureuse, which became the French Movement for Family Planning two years later. Thereafter she wrote many successful feminist works. In 1967, at the Université Paris X Nanterre, she created the first course in the world based on studies devoted to women: the place of women in political life, while passing by Sociology and Women in the Workplace. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Fri Oct 10 1924 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Montrouge , France
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Evelyne Sullerot was a French sociologist and feminist. She was born in Montrouge, France, on October 10, 1924. She died in Paris, France, on March 2, 2017.
Sullerot was a pioneer in the field of women's studies. She was the first woman to be appointed to the chair of sociology at the University of Paris VIII. She was also the founder of the French feminist magazine, "Les Temps Modernes".
Sullerot's work focused on the role of women in society. She argued that women were oppressed by patriarchal structures and that they needed to be liberated from these structures in order to achieve equality.
Sullerot was a controversial figure. Her work was often criticized by conservatives, who accused her of being a radical feminist. However, her work also had a significant impact on the feminist movement in France and around the world.