Maria Deraismes
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Maria Deraismes was a French author, feminist orator, and Freemason. She was the first woman initiated into Freemasonry in France and co-founded Le Droit Humain, the first mixed-gender Masonic order.
Caricature of Maria Deraismes
The bronze statue (1898) of Deraismes by Louis-Ernest Barrias. It was melted down in 1942 on German orders. It was recast in 1983 from the surviving plaster cast and re-erected.
Victoire Léodile Béra
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Victoire Léodile Béra was a French novelist, journalist and feminist. She took the name of André Léo, her two twin sons' names.
André Léo
The Passerelle André Léo in Paris