Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau
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Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau was a pioneering Haitian sociologist and educator. In 1934, she was one of the principal founders of the Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale, the first feminist organization r
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Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
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Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was the first woman Haitian anthropologist. Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronisław Malinowski who worked in 1949 with Alfred Métraux, and participated in a UNESCO
Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau
…was an advisor to the Government of Togo on community development. Sylvain-Bouchereau was one of seven notable brothers and sisters. Her elder sister, Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain (1898-1975), was Haiti's first female anthropologist, while her younger sister, Yvonne Sylvain (1907-1989), was the country's first female doctor. Her…
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