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L'Intransigeant. "A l'oeuvre du Pot-au-Feu des Vieux" ("At the Old People's Pot-au-Feu gathering"), November 5, 1935, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Eugénie Duchoiselle. "Eugénie Duchoiselle" (Wikipedia). Chanson du Pot-au-Feu. "Chanson du Pot-au-Feu" ("Pot-au-Feu song"). Extrait du spectacle de la compagnie Belle Lurette, "Les Vari├⌐t├⌐s de Vaires-sur-Marne," 4 octobre 2025. (excerpt from the Belle Lurette theater companyΓÇÖs performance, "Les Vari├⌐t├⌐s in Vaires-sur-Marne," October 4, 2025 (via Youtube). Listen to the Pot-au-Feu song. Robinson Crusoe. Libretto of Jacques Offenbach's comic opera "Robinson Crusoe" (1867) including the lyrics to the "Chanson du Pot-au-Feu" (via Wikisource). La Liberté>. "Au Concours hippique" ("At the horse show," article), March 23, 1936, p. 2> (opens on page 1; go to page 2) and p. 1 (photo). National Library of France (via RetroNews). Le Petit Parisien. "Métiers d'hommes, mains de femmes" ("Men's trades, women's hands") by Roger Grison, December 20, 1943, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). La Presse. "Rachel Dorange qui tenta de se suicider par désespoir d'amour nous parle de L'Histoire de Monte-Carlo" ("Rachel Dorange, who attempted suicide out of heartbreak, tells us about The Story of Monte Carlo") by Paule Corday, November 13, 1945, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). |
Excelsior, "Bloc-notes: La route est belle" ("Notepad: The road is beautiful") February 11, 1938, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's departure from Paris. Timbres Magazine (Stamps Magazine). "Des ├⌐missions pour venir en aide aux ch├┤meurs intellectuels" ("Programs to aid unemployed intellectuals") by Michel Melot, May, 2004, pp. 32-38. Twenty of the stamps bore portraits of eminent French writers, artists, musicians and scientists (e.g., Auguste Rodin, Anatole France, Hector Berlioz, Louis Pasteur but not Madame Curie). Two stamps portrayed women but only in symbolic roles: Marianne (page 50), and a woman with a harp personifying "art and thought". L'Écho d'Oran. "La cavalière demontée" ("The dismounted rider"), Excelsior. "Le Raid Paris-Nice de Mlle Dorange" ("Mlle Dorange's Paris-Nice trek"), February 17, 1938, p. 4. Same in La Dépèche de Brest, February 17, 1938, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel in Auxerre.
Le Figaro. "Rachel Dorange fut arretée pour 'vagabondage' à Ponthierry" ("Rachel Dorange was arrested for ΓÇ£loiteringΓÇ¥ in Ponthierry"), March 28, 1938, p. 8. National Library of France (via Gallica). One of several reports of Rachel's arrest.
Gazette de Bayonne, de Biarritz et du Pays bas. "Billet familier: Danger du voyage à pied" ("Informal Column: The Dangers of Traveling on Foot"), March 29, 1938, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). The damp straw in the Ponthierry jail.
Cyrano. "Mme Rachel Dorange contre les gendarmes" ("Rachel Dorange vs. the police"), May 6, 1938, p. 26. National Library of France (via Gallica). One of several announcements in different newspapers of the meeting on May 7 in the Salle Poisonnière at the Club du Faubourg. Rachel shared the stage with other presenters on different topics, as well as a debate on issues related to imminent war with Germany and Italy.
Le Petit Marseillais. "Mlle Rachel Dorangc, bien connue par ses raids hippiques...." ("Mlle Rachel Dorangc, well known for her horseback treks...." (photo caption), March 7, 1938, p.3. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel arrives in Marseille.
Qui? "À la Poursuite d'un amour défunt" ("In pursuit of a dead love") by Marcel Morin, August 27, 1951, pp. 22-23. National Library of France (via Gallica). Limping to Marseille.
Espadrille. (Wikipedia).
The right shoes. "Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world" is widely attributed to Marilyn Monroe but it more likely originated with Bette Midler. See Quote Investigator.)
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