Brigitte Mantilleri
Brigitte Mantilleri, journalist, and Florence Hervé, author, both literary women and fascinated by history, create with this new work, The History and Faces of Swiss Women, a unique, four-handed book.
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- Brigitte Mantilleri
Brigitte Mantilleri
Brigitte Mantilleri, journalist, and Florence Hervé, author, both literary women and fascinated by history, create with this new work, The History and Faces of Swiss Women, a unique, four-handed book.
The history of Switzerland, its 3 founding fathers and the story of William Tell, are without a doubt, eminently masculine. Women have had a hard time leaving a trace of their passage. However, there have been many who have been or are notable figures in Swiss history, and Heidi, the most well known of all Swiss women, is far from representative of the women of this country. Using portraits of the women of yesterday and today, this book invites the reader to meet and discover their diversity: from the politician to the writer, from the actress to the wine grower, from the Bad Girl to the creator of a watch, from the pastor to a leader of the Resistance or a female clown, each and every one of whom are ardent lovers of freedom, adventure seekers, passionate about their careers and ready to fight for their rights. This book is finely illustrated and completed by both a dictionary and a chronological history of Switzerland « in the feminine gender.»
The history of Switzerland, its 3 founding fathers and the story of William Tell, are without a doubt, eminently masculine. Women have had a hard time leaving a trace of their passage. However, there have been many who have been or are notable figures in Swiss history, and Heidi, the most well known of all Swiss women, is far from representative of the women of this country. Using portraits of the women of yesterday and today, this book invites the reader to meet and discover their diversity: from the politician to the writer, from the actress to the wine grower, from the Bad Girl to the creator of a watch, from the pastor to a leader of the Resistance or a female clown, each and every one of whom are ardent lovers of freedom, adventure seekers, passionate about their careers and ready to fight for their rights. This book is finely illustrated and completed by both a dictionary and a chronological history of Switzerland « in the feminine gender.»
