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How two advice columnists with the same name counseled, comforted and inspired millions of women

JL;DR SUMMARY Les Deux Marcelles, Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle Sgal, are celebrated pioneer advice columnists whose work in postwar France inspired countless women to challenge traditional norms and embrace independence. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FeminismGender RolesSelf WorthAdvice ColumnsPublishing HistoryMarcelle AuclairMarcelle SgalPostwar FranceElle MagazineWomen's Independence

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"They ended up in France, settling at first in Paris in a neighborhood near what was then the Place Daumesnil, nicknamed Domenilovka by the neighborhoods large Russian-Jewish community."
Lyon, Rhône, France
"After the Armistice of June 22, 1940, the magazine resumed publication from Lyon, and kept Sgal in spite of Vichys antisemitic law targeting Jews in the professions."
Valparaíso, Chile
"The former grew up in Chile, where her father, an architect, assisted in rebuilding Valparaiso and Santiago after a massive 1906 earthquake."
Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
"The former grew up in Chile, where her father, an architect, assisted in rebuilding Valparaiso and Santiago after a massive 1906 earthquake."

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