Just finished this biography of Jacqueline Manicom, midwife, writer, feminist, pro-choice & anti-colonial activist (pictured here w/ Simone de Beauvoir). She was born in #Guadeloupe in a mixed Indian/Black/White family. 1st in her family who learned to read, she wanted to become a doctor but had to settle for midwifery for external reasons. She took her own life in 1976, writing in her suicide note that she was tired of being poor, Black & female.
Dilara Tagging the novel of hers I read earlier this year: Mon examen de blanc (My whiteness exam)![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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Mon examen de blancJari-chan Need to check if there's something by/about her in German translation 4w
Dilara @Jari-chan Let me know if you find anything: I'm curious! 4w
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Jari-chan @Dilara doesn't seem like 😕 and my French is too poor to be able to read it in original language 🙈 4w
Dilara @Jari-chan That's a shame. Let's hope a German publisher decides to remedy this! 3w
Jari-chan @Dilara I really hope they do! 3w