Roudy, Yvette (1929–)

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Roudy, Yvette (1929–)

French politician and feminist. Born 1929 in Bordeaux, France; attended Collège de Jeune Filles; m. Pierre Roudy, 1951.

Became secretary of Mouvement Démocratique Féminin (1964) and was elected to European Parliament (1979); was named secretary of state for Women's Rights (1981), then minister (1985); elected Socialist Deputy for Calvados (1986); was founder and editor in chief of La femme du 20ème siecle; writings include La réussite de la femme (1969), Lafemme en marge (1975), Les metiers et les cajoints (1981), and A cause d'elles (1985); translated Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963).