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Mar 2021
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Qu'est-ce que l'effet Matilda ?

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Qu’est-ce que l’effet Matilda ? Merci d’avoir posé la question !   À l’occasion du 8 mars, Journée internationale des droits des femmes, nous tenions évidemment à vous parler de femmes. Et comment mieux illustrer la nécessaire lutte pour les droits des femmes qu’en parlant de l’effet Matilda… On doit le terme à l’historienne américaine Margaret Rossiter, qui ... Show More
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