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  2. Arria Ly - Wikipedia

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    [3] For Ly, the adoption of masculine titles would serve to place young professional women squarely in the shadow of male professionals. [3] Ly argued that using feminine versions of the traditionally masculine titles was a necessary step for appropriately acknowledging the inherent value of these young women, separate from the influence of men ...

  3. Blanche Monnier - Wikipedia

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    Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers [a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), [1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.

  4. Marie-Louise O'Murphy - Wikipedia

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    Marie-Louise O'Murphy (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.lwiz ɔ‿.myʁ.fi]; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814) was a French model who was the youngest lesser mistress (petites maîtresses) of King Louis XV of France, and the model for François Boucher's painting The Blonde Odalisque, also known as The Resting Girl. [1]

  5. Simone de Beauvoir - Wikipedia

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    Beauvoir was bisexual, and her relationships with young women were controversial. [40] French author Bianca Lamblin (originally Bianca Bienenfeld) wrote in her book Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée (Memoirs of a deranged girl, published in English under the title A Disgraceful Affair ) that, while a student at Lycée Molière, she was ...

  6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Wikipedia

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    'Portrait of the Young Lady on Fire') is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of a brief affair between two young women: an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait. It ...

  7. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    2. Cooked simply. Also used in French heraldry to mean "proper" i.e. in natural colours. au pair a young foreigner who does domestic chores in exchange for room and board. In France, those chores are mainly child care/education. au revoir! "See you later!" In French, a contraction of Au plaisir de vous revoir ('to the pleasure of seeing you ...

  8. List of French novelists - Wikipedia

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    French Language and Literature. Authors • Lit categories: French literary history Medieval 16th century • 17th century 18th century • 19th century

  9. Category:French feminine given names - Wikipedia

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    M. Madelaine; Madeleine (given name) Maëlys; Maeva; Manon (given name) Marceline; Margaux (name) Marguerite (given name) Maria Antonina; Marianne (given name)