Simone Jacob became Simone Veil (1927 – 2017) is a French politician, known in particular for having passed the law decriminalizing the voluntary termination of pregnancy. Deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau Born in Nice on July 13, 1927, Simone Jacob is the fourth child of Yvonne Steinmetz, a chemi
Soviet director, Larissa Chepitko (1938 – 1979) achieved recognition with her film Ascension . Despite works censored by the Soviet authorities, she established herself as a very talented filmmaker. A separated family Larissa Chepitko was born on January 6, 1938 in Artemovsk (now Bakhmout) in Ukr
Diderot is not the best known of the great French minds of the 18th century, his name being most often only attached to L’Encyclopédie . Indeed, among the great thinkers and philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, he is not necessarily the first name that comes to mind, at least compared to Voltai
American golf player and tennis champion, Althea Gibson (1927 – 2003) was the first black player to win a Grand Slam tournament, twelve years before Arthur Ashe. To reach the top in the midst of racial segregation, she must confront racism, sexism and prejudice. A sporty childhood Daughter of Ann