Élisabeth Badinter
| Élisabeth Badinter | |
|---|---|
 Élisabeth Badinter in 2015 | |
| Born |
Élisabeth Bleustein-Blanchet March 5, 1944 (age 72) Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Citizenship | French |
| Occupation | Author, historian, professor |
| Known for | Publicis |
| Net worth |
 US$ 1.8 billion (est.)[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Badinter (m. 1966) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet (father) |
Élisabeth Badinter (née Bleustein-Blanchet, born 5 March 1944[2]) is a French businesswoman, author and academic.
She is the daughter of Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, founder of the Publicis Groupe, and the wife of lawyer and former minister of justice Robert Badinter.[3] She is currently the biggest shareholder of Publicis, and the chairwoman of its Supervisory board.[4]
She is also known in France as a public intellectual, especially as an advocate of liberal feminism. A 2010 Marianne news magazine poll named her France's "most influential intellectual", primarily on the basis of her books on women's rights and motherhood.[5] She worked as a lecturer at the École Polytechnique.[6]
According to Forbes, she is one of the wealthiest French citizens with a fortune of around 1.8 billion dollars in 2012.[7]
Family
Élisabeth and Robert Badinter have one daughter and two sons, Simon and Benjamin Badinter, who are at the head of Médias et régie Europe, a subsidiary company of Publicis.[8]
Works
- L'Amour en plus : histoire de l'amour maternel (XVIIe-XXe siècle), 1981, ISBN 2-253-02944-0
- Les Goncourt : « Romanciers et historiens des femmes », foreword of « La Femme au XVIIe siècle d'Edmond et Jules de Goncourt », 1981,
- Émilie, Émilie, L'ambition féminine au XVIIIe siècle, 1983, ISBN 2-08-210089-8
- Les Remontrances de Malesherbes (1771–1775), 1985,
- L'Un est l'autre, 1986, ISBN 2-7381-1364-8
- Cahiers Suzanne Lilar, pp. 15–26, Paris, Gallimard, 1986, ISBN 2-07-070632-X
- Condorcet. Un intellectuel en politique, 1988,
- Correspondance inédite de Condorcet et Madame Suard (1771-1791), 1988,
- Madame d'Épinay, Histoire de Madame de Montbrillant ou les Contreconfessions, foreword by d'Élisabeth Badinter, 1989,
- Thomas, Diderot, Madame d'Épinay : Qu'est-ce qu'une femme ?, foreword by Élisabeth Badinter, 1989
- Condorcet, Prudhomme, Guyomar : Paroles d'hommes (1790–1793), Élisabeth Badinter, 1989,
- XY, de l'identité masculine, 1992, ISBN 2-253-09783-7
- Madame du Châtelet, Discours sur le bonheur, foreword, 1997
- Les Passions intellectuelles, tome 1 : Désirs de gloire (1735–1751), 1999,
- Les Passions intellectuelles, tome 2 : L'exigence de dignité (1751–1762), 2002,
- Les Passions intellectuelles, tome 3 : Volonté Pouvoir (1762-1778). 2007. ISBN 978-2-213-62643-7.
- Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar, Nathalie Sarraute, 2002. Conference Élizabeth Badinter, Jacques Lassalle and Lucette Finas, ISBN 2-7177-2220-3
- Fausse route, 2003, ISBN 2-253-11264-X
- Dead End Feminism. 2006. ISBN 0-7456-3380-3. Translated from Fausse route by Julia Borossa.
- Madame du Châtelet, Madame d'Épinay : Ou l'Ambition féminine au XVIIIe siècle, 2006, ISBN 2-08-210563-6
- Le conflit, la femme et la mère. 2010. ISBN 978-2-253-15755-7.
- The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women. 2012. ISBN 978-0-8050-9414-5. Translated from Le Conflit by Adriana Hunter.
Honours
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Monaco : Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (2011)[9]
References
- ↑ "Elisabeth Badinter & family". Forbes. March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "Badinter, Elisabeth". Current Biography Yearbook 2011. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2011. pp. 33–36. ISBN 9780824211219.
- ↑ "Elisabeth Badinter", Jewish women Encyclopedia
- ↑ Lutter contre le voile et… être chargée de la com’ de l’Arabie Saoudite : le troublant mélange des genres d’Elisabeth Badinter, Metronews, 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Kramer, Jane (July 25, 2011). "Against Nature: Elisabeth Badinter's contrarian feminism". The New Yorker.
- ↑ Davies, Lizzy (February 12, 2010). "French philosopher says feminism under threat from 'good motherhood'". The Guardian. London.
- ↑ The World's Billionaires List, Forbes, March 2012.
- ↑ Les petits soucis d’ISF des Badinter, Capital, 4 March 2014.
- ↑ Sovereign Ordonnance n° 3.540 of 18 November 2011 : promotions or nominations in the Order of Cultural Merit
External links
- "Elisabeth Badinter distorts feminism the better to fight it", isyphe.rog, Elaine Audet, 1er octobre 2003
- Steven Erlanger and Maïa de la Baume, "In Defense of the Imperfect Mother", New York Times, June 6, 2010.