France's pioneering women's rights minister Yvette Roudy dies aged 97
- Yvette Roudy, France's first women's rights minister and a leading figure in the country's feminist movement, has died at the age of 97.
- Issued on: 19/08/2026 - 15:02 3 min Reading time Roudy died on Tuesday in a medical care facility in southern France, where she had lived for the past three years, her nephew Jean-Pierre Saldou told the French news agency AFP.
- From 1981 to 1986, under Socialist President François Mitterrand, she headed France's first fully fledged ministry dedicated to women's rights, giving the issue an unprecedented place in government.
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- Yvette Roudy, France's first women's rights minister and a leading figure in the country's feminist movement, has died at the age of 97.
- Issued on: 19/08/2026 - 15:02 3 min Reading time Roudy died on Tuesday in a medical care facility in southern France, where she had lived for the past three years, her nephew Jean-Pierre Saldou told the French news agency AFP.
- From 1981 to 1986, under Socialist President François Mitterrand, she headed France's first fully fledged ministry dedicated to women's rights, giving the issue an unprecedented place in government.
Sources: RFI