Suzanne Borel

Marie Nancy Suzanne "Suzy" Bidault (née Borel; 18 October 1904 – 8 November 1995) was the first French woman to become a diplomat when she was employed as an attaché at the Quai d'Orsay on 1 July 1930 after passing the entrance examination to the French Foreign Ministry.

Her childhood, spent in France, Senegal, Madagascar and Vietnam, included a secondary education in Dakar, Toulon, Nîmes and Montpellier.

[4] In February 1928, her mother sent her a newspaper cutting from Le Temps announcing a decree permitting women to take the competitive examination for entry into the diplomatic service.

[4] In her own words, "It was a sort of depository dealing with sports, the press and associations as well as with French charities abroad.

When the war was over, Georges Bidault, the new foreign minister, invited her to work for him, promising her a post in Kiev.