First of all, it's time for creativity.
Inseparable pupil then close collaborator of Mrs. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, her teacher, Gabrielle Capet definitively put down her brush on
November 1,
1818. Count Arnauld Doria published in 1935 a monograph on this painter of the neoclassical school allowing to emerge from the shadows this forgotten artist, reminds us of
Le Figaro
.
First a pastellist, the young woman began to paint in oils and devoted herself to portraits.
She becomes a true virtuoso of the miniature.
During the Revolution, Gabrielle Capet embraces new ideas with ardor, and is filled with illusions: she loses them very quickly.
Working mainly for the Court, the artist must flee the capital.
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An unknown artist.
The painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet died on November 1, 1818: this painter nevertheless had her place in the world of art.
She was eclipsed by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842) a great portrait painter of her time.
A pupil and collaborator of Adelaïde Labille-Guiard (1749-1803), Marie-Gabrielle Capet is a delicate and sensitive artist whose work consists mainly of portraits, figures of women, children and famous men.
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Women have their heads full of ideas.
And this for several years.
At the beginning of the 19th century, they fought to obtain the right to vote.
These are the suffragists.
In the United States, long before obtaining this right with the adoption of the 19th Amendment in August 1920, the American fairer sex took an active part in the democratic life of the country.
In 1916, Jeannette Rankin won the first seat in Congress.
Pioneers and tireless activists, Americans can finally vote in the presidential elections, just 100 years ago, on
November 2,
1920. The French, they will have to wait many more years.
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For the first time, on November 2, 1920, American women voted in the presidential elections.
The previous summer, they had obtained this right after a long fight: hunger strike, demonstrations ... As early as 1918, President Wilson was in favor.
The proposed amendment to the American constitution was adopted by the House of Representatives in May 1919, then it was the turn of the Senate.
Then the American states ratify the law.
"It seems that the voters of the Union are determined to take politics seriously, and as the Americans have, for the opinion and the will of their women a respect nuanced of fear, one can judge of the disturbance brought to the country by the sudden intrusion of 10 million new voters in the middle of the most important electoral consultations in the Great Republic "reported Le Figaro in its edition of October 29, 1920. Credit: leemage #etatsunis #usa #electionspresidentielles # 1920 #femmes #woman #suffragettes #droitdevotedesfemmes
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A brilliant idea.
And yet when Ruth Handler, born
on November 4
, created the Barbie doll, no one really believed in the success of this toy.
Badly received, some find the measurements of the doll too provocative.
Visionary, Ruth Handler has yet demonstrated the opposite.
Become iconic, this doll has been sold around the world for several generations.
At the head of the Mattel company with her husband, in 1959 she imposed this doll, just under 30 centimeters long, with an hourglass figure more like a woman than a little girl.
Her first name Barbie is the diminutive of her daughter Barbara.
Over time, the doll is enriched with many accessories and will even have a companion Ken.
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On November 4, 1916 was born Ruth Handler.
This name may not mean anything to you and yet this American has revolutionized the world of toys.
She created the iconic Barbie doll.
Born November 4, 1916 in Mosko, Ruth Handler is the youngest of a family of Polish origin of 10 children.
According to legend, she imagines Barbie in 1955, seduced by a comic book character published in a German newspaper.
Barbie was born publicly at the New York Toy Fair four years later.
Very quickly we tear up the Barbies and the Mattel company, which Ruth Handler founded, becomes a post-war success story.
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