Geneviève Fraisse

She was born within Murs blancs ("White walls"), a community founded by Emmanuel Mounier at Châtenay-Malabry.

Her research led her to postulate concepts on the "domestic service", "exclusive democracy," "women's reason", the "two governments", the "mixing of the sexes", "habeas corpus" and "consent".

The complexity of the debate on gender led her to work closely with the historians, particularly on the synthesis of the history of women in the West.

Seen as a leader of contemporary thought, her idea of gender equality lies between theory and practice, concepts and historicity.

Geneviève Fraisse joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1983.