Paris and Her Remarkable Women
Paris And Her Remarkable Women, by Lorraine Liscio, tells the stories of sixteen women, from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century, and the way that they were both inspired by-and changed the landscape of-the city they inhabited. In this way, the reader is given a historical and mesmerizing tour of Paris, as well as a physical guide to the city, so that you can visit the places where these women’s stories took place.
Liscio’s tales enable the visitor to look at Paris and see, everywhere, traces of the influential women who have inhabited it.
Each chapter brings you to a new place in Paris, and tells a new woman’s story. The reader will not be able to visit Place de la Concorde without thinking of revolutionary Manon Roland’s execution, or to walk down the Left Bank without remembering the backlash Simone de Beauvoir received for The Second Sex. It will be impossible to stroll past Coco Chanel’s swanky boutique on rue Cambon without recalling how she, in fact, simplified women’s fashion, thinking first of the women inside her dresses, and introducing plentiful buttons, rubberized raincoats, and faux bijoux into high-fashion. A walk around Paris will also recall tales about Marie Curie, Georges Sand, Paris’ patron saint Geneviève, and many more truly remarkable women. This book is the perfect holiday gift for any francophone-or for someone who wants to discover the city, and its women, anew.
Lorraine Liscio is a writer and editor who currently lives in New Hampshire. She was previously the Director of Women’s Studies at Boston College.
Paris and Her Remarkable Women
by Lorraine Liscio
Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-892145-77-2 • $19.95
Publication in December 2009
December 1, 2009
Posted in: France