Gerty Archimède

Photo: Assemblée Nationale

Photo: Assemblée Nationale

 

Country: Guadeloupe

Location: Morne-à-l'Eau, Guadeloupe

About

Gerty Archimède (April 26, 1909-August 15, 1980) was an Afro-Guadeloupean politician. She was the first woman lawyer to pass the Guadeloupe Bar and the second Black woman elected to the French National Assembly, shortly after Eugénie Éboué-Tell, an Afro-French politician.

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