Gisele Halimi

LA CAUSE DES MORT

French feminist lawyer Gisele Halimi has died aged 93. She was known for defending womens rights and human rights alike in the court room, and co-wrote a book with Simone de Beauvoir. In the 1980s she was a socialist French MP for Istres, and campaigned for abortion and contraception rights in France. She was  a unique pick for The Deadest of the Dead.

 

Gisele Halimi
27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020
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