French president François Hollande adds resistance heroines to Panthéon

May 27, 2015 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz and Germaine Tillion become third and fourth women interred among 74 men in mausoleum of honour.

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In a symbolic gesture to acknowledge that women as well as men have made French history, François Hollande has interred two female heroes of the resistance in the Panthéon, the resting place of the nation’s great, reports The Guardian.

French president François Hollande adds resistance heroines to Panthéon

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