Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., March 08, 2022

The whole stake of her life was to be a free woman.

Françoise Giroud (1916-2003) is considered one of the best journalists of her time.

Appointed editorial director of the women's magazine "Elle", she co-founded "L'Express" with her lover, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, before being appointed Secretary of State for the Status of Women by the President of the Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

A look back at the life of a woman whose best weapon was her pen.

For further :

Story of a Free Woman

, by Françoise Giroud, available from Gallimard editions.