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Women are voters and eligible under the same conditions as men.
» declared General de Gaulle on April 21, 1944. This order, closely linked to the role played by women during the resistance and in Free France approved in March 1944, is the result of a long fight since 1789 and a joint action of feminists and suffragists from around the world.
To mark the 80th anniversary of women's right to vote, the Paris Mint, which supports developments in French society through its commemorative coins, is publishing two silver denominations of €10 and €100.
A woman with a determined face, looks to the left, to the past, and admires how far she has come.
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I am proud to participate in the inaugural minting of coins celebrating the 80th anniversary of women's right to vote, this is all the more true on this very important day of March 8 which closes a no less special week!
With Monday's vote in Versailles for the explicit inclusion in the Constitution of the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy
, declares the first woman President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet in the workshops of the Monnaie de Paris, this Friday March 8.
We are experiencing a new stage in the long fight for equality between women and men.
On these coins minted today, we see a woman's face contemplating the path traveled.
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The commemorative strike for 80 years of women's right to vote in France from the Paris Mint.
The Paris Mint
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It wasn’t easy to choose the right design
,” explains Joaquin Jimenez, general engraver at the Paris Mint.
Women's right to vote is a subject as complicated as it is exciting.
We considered a more commemorative or historical engraving...before choosing something more symbolic, in simplicity.
So I worked on time.
Because it took a long time: only 80 years but already 80 years!
It is illustrated on the coin by an infinite spiral of ballot papers which are so many opinions, voices, ideas and choices which arrive in the ballot box.
The face of this woman, against a background of legal texts, is worthy of a Marianne and represents women in general whose voice is increasingly courageous, to be listened to rather than heard.
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A collectible item, available for sale at €12 and €100 in store at 2 rue Guénégaud (Paris 6th) and on the site moulindeparis.fr to “
call for ever more equality between men and women
,” adds Marc Schwartz, President and CEO of Monnaie de Paris.
Despite the progress made, real equality is far from being achieved, we still have a lot to do and this is why it is essential to recall the stages of this struggle today and through this monetary collection.
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The same week, the monetary institution unveiled the new national faces of the 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins highlighting three faces of French women by birth or preference who embody the diversity of our society : Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker and Marie Curie.
the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet discovers the new commemorative minting in the workshops of the Paris Mint, this Friday March 8.
Le Figaro