La Vigie marocaine. "Une marche triomphale" ("A triumphal walk"), March 30, 1953, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallics). Robert Ruaux's walkathon.
L'Écho du Maroc. "Mercredi à midi, en l'Église St-Germain-des-Prés...." ("Wednesday, at noon, at St. Germain des Prés church...."), July 25, 1953, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallics).
Dernière Heure. "Rachel Dorange... a été victime d'un accident" (Rachel Dorange... was the victim of an accident"), November 11, 1954, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Benjamin. "Accusé, cabrez-Vous!" ("Accused, rear up!"), November 28, 1954, p. 8. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. "16,000 measurements in survey of modern French women," by Marcelle Poirier, December 2, 1954, p. 5. British Library (via British Newspaper Archive). Subscription required for full text.
France-Soir. "Son fiacre allait trottinant, quand..." ("Her fiacre was trotting along when..."), November 17, 1954, p. 12. National Library of France (via Gallica). Rachel's second accident.
Dernière Heure. "Un million de dommages et intérêts au théâtre qui fit s'enrhumer ses chevaux" ("One million in damages against the theatre that caused her horses to catch a cold"), December 18, 1954, p. 3. National Library of France (via Gallica).
Le Soir. "Rachel Dorange perd son procès contre le théâtre de l'Étoile" (Rachel Dorange Loses Her Lawsuit Against the théâtre de l'Étoile"), December 14, 1955, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica)
Exchange rate. In 1955 the exchange rate was 350 francs to the U.S. dollar. (MeasuringWorth.com).
Une Semaine de Paris. "Le Diner des Amazones" ("The Amazons' dinner"). June 8, 1955, p. 4.
Reuters dispatch re Rachel
Le Chanteur de Mexico. Google search on "Le Chanteur de Mexico". Everything you wanted to know. Maybe more.
Neue Berner Zeitung. "Die Fiakerkutscherin vom Etoile" ("The cab drivers of the Etoile") by C.W. Fennel, November 21, 1959, p. 3. Swiss National Library (via e-newspaperarchives.ch).
Construire. "Ce qu'un pieton doit savoir" ("What a pedestrian needs to know"), April 11, 1962, p. 5. Swiss National Library (via e-newspaperarchives.ch).
FAN L'Express. "Les fiacres de Paris ne sont plus que huit" ("There are only eight horse-drawn cabs left in Paris">, October 5, 1963, p. 4. Swiss National Library (via e-newspaperarchives.ch).
Rachel's retirement (newspaper reports).
Daily Mirror. "The Rex North Column," by Rex North, November 2, 1964, p. 15.
Postscript: the horse cab returns (Paris Calèches).
In the 1980s and in 1990 there were unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce the horse cab to Paris, but beginning in January, 2003 an entrepreneur named Philippe Delon began lobbying the mayor of Paris and the French government for permission to set up a new fiacre business.
The reception to his proposal was distinctly cool, but Delon's persistance paid off. After nearly four years and 150 meetings, Mayor Bertrand Delance and Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy gave their approval in principal and on December 23, 2006 Delon's first barouche set up shop at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
A series of hassles with local authorities ensued. Delon's cabs were hit with parking tickets, citations for carrying on a business in a public park without permission, and a ban on driving on the horse paths of the Champs-Mars. But ultimately a police court appearance resulted in acquittal and the company Delon founded is still operating 20 years later.
By January, 2026 the company's cabs had covered 69,000 kilometers and carried a total of 81,000 tourists.
Hervé Ménager. "Rachel Dorange, une illustration de la résistance du cheval au triomphe de lΓÇÖautomobile au XXème siècle" ("Rachel Dorange, an illustration of the resistance of the horse to the triumph of the automobile in the 20th century.") Presentation to the IFCE (Institut Français du cheval et de l'équitation) "equi-meeting Tourisme," May 9, 2012.
Rachel's grave site. On September 15, 2012 a correspondent named Beatrice posted a query on Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs (Cemeteries in France and Elsewhere) web site hosted by Philippe Landru asking for the location of Rachel's grave. The unsigned response, presumably from Landru, gave the location as "Cimetière parisien de Thiais, Division 34, ligne 13, tombe 45."
Thiais cemetery
Liberté Soir. "Rachel Dorange... voulait se suicider par désespoir d'amour" ("Rachel Dorange... wished to commit suicide because of heartbreak") by Yves Rameau, November 20, 1946, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica). Part 2 of 2. Rachel's relationship with her mother.
Detective. "Chagrin d'Amazone" ("An Amazon's Sorrow") by P. R., September 15, 1932, p. 6 via Bilipo (Bibliothèque des Littératures Policières). "Crime Fiction Library". Detective magazine later became Qui? Detective. Rachel's letter to Bernard Dorange.
Dziennik Zwiazkowy. "Slawa przemija" ("Fame fades"), February 24, 1971, p. 7. Opens on page 1; go to page 7. (Jagiellonian Digital Library).