| LC control no. | n 50017915 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ2668.A422 |
| Personal name heading | Halimi, Gisèle |
| Variant(s) | Taïeb, Zeiza Gisèle Élise |
| Associated country | Tunisia France |
| Birth date | 1927-07-27 |
| Death date | 2020-07-28 |
| Place of birth | Tunis (Tunisia) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Women's rights Human rights |
| Affiliation | Choisir--la cause des femmes (Association) Université de Paris |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Feminists Human rights workers Authors |
| Found in | Beauvoir, S. de. Djamila Boupacha, 1962. Her Milk for the orange tree, 1990: t.p. (Gisèle Halimi) jkt. (b. 1927 in Tunisia; barrister; founder of Choisir; Dep. and French rep. at UNESCO) The New York Times (online), Gisèle Halimi, influential French lawyer and feminist, dies at 93, August 18, 2020, viewed August 19, 2020 (French lawyer, activist and author who championed feminist causes and other human rights efforts, played a key role in decriminalization of abortion in France; sought justice for victims of torture in countries like Tunisia and Algeria, both under French control when she began practicing law; co-founded Choisir La Cause des Femmes in 1971 with Simone de Beauvoir; her work also helped to strengthen France's laws against rape and lead to abolishment of the death penalty; born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb on July 27, 1927 in Tunis; died at her home in Paris on July 28, one day after 93rd birthday; earned her law degree and studied philosophy at the Sorbonne; joined the bar in Tunis at 21 and practiced there for several years before returning to Paris, where she practiced until her death; marriage to Paul Halimi ended in divorce; married Claude Faux, Sartre's secretary, in 1961) |
| Associated language | fre |
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