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
Vicar at Chartres, he owes his fame to his pamphlet written at the beginning of the Revolution summarizing the aspirations of the Third State (“What is the Third Estate? Everything!...”). He becomes deputy to the States-General. Co-editor of the Tennis Court oath, co-founder of the Jacobins club (wh
Feminist and separatist, Naziq al-Abid (1887 – 1959) was a pioneer in the struggle for independence and for women’s rights in Syria. Activist from a wealthy family Naziq Khatim al-ʿAbid Bayhum was born in 1887 to a wealthy family in Damascus, Syria, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Noble, his fat
Queen of the Hittite kingdom in Asia Minor and priestess, Puduhepa (XIIIth century BC. JC) reigned for sixty-six years and exercised a major political and religious role. She is considered one of the most influential women of the ancient Near East. The Hittite Empire Puduhepa was born at the begi