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    Marthe Richard (née Betenfeld; 15 August 1889 in Blâmont – 9 February 1982) was a French prostitute and spy. She later became a politician, and worked...
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  • Loi Marthe Richard (Marthe Richard Law) of 13 April 1946 abolished the regime of regulated prostitution in France that had been in force since 1804. It...
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  • Marthe Richard (French: Marthe Richard au service de la France) is a 1937 French war spy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère...
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    Années Erotiques by Patrick Buisson.[citation needed] After the war, Marthe Richard, a town councillor in Paris and former street prostitute, successfully...
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  • until their prohibition in 1946 following the introduction of the Loi Marthe Richard. 195 establishments were then closed in Paris. Among the most famous...
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  • they provided. France outlawed brothels in 1946, after a campaign by Marthe Richard. At that time there were 1,500 of them across the country, with 177...
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    Marthe de Florian (born Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron; 9 September 1864 – 29 August 1939) was a French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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  • Marthe is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Marthe Armitage, British wallpaper designer Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French...
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    Britain's Pubs and Hotels. History Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7509-6333-6. Richard Whittington-Egan (2011). Murder on File. Neil Wilson Publishing. pp. 131–132...
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    Algeria ("the candy box"). In France, brothels were prohibited by "Loi Marthe Richard" in 1946. However, in 1947, the Ministry of the Armed Forces authorised...
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    "maisons de tolérance", were closed by law in 1946, after a campaign by Marthe Richard. The backlash against the brothels was in part due to their collaboration...
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    himself, but eventually cleared of all charges. Ladoux, Georges (1932). Marthe Richard, the Skylark: The Foremost Woman Spy of France. Cassell. Shipman, Pat...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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  • Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    collaboration during the German occupation, Marthe Richard revived the process in 1945. The Loi Marthe Richard closes brothels and provides for the creation...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    Opened in 1924, the "One-Two-Two" closed its doors in 1946 when the Loi Marthe Richard prohibited brothels in France. The building is now used for business...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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  • trafficking in French Guiana. Although brothels were outlawed in 1946 by Loi Marthe Richard, the French military continued to run "Bordel militaire de campagne"...
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  • Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    relationship gained her entry into artistic, but not aristocratic, society. Richard Wagner, Hans von Bülow, Théophile Gautier, and Emile de Girardin were all...
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    brothel's restaurant in June 1940. In 1946, after the adoption of the "Loi Marthe Richard", the brothel was closed. The building was requisitioned to accommodate...
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    Maison Souquet One-Two-Two Palais Oriental (Reims) Le Sphinx Law Loi Marthe Richard People Organisations Les amis du bus des femmes Syndicat du travail...
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    time, such as Gérard de Nerval, Nina de Villard, Arsène Houssaye, Edmond Richard, Gustave Flaubert, Louis Bouilhet, Maxime du Camp, Gustave Ricard, Judith...
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  • general (b. 1892) Ben Nicholson, English painter (b. 1894) February 9 – Marthe Richard, French prostitute, spy and politician (b. 1889) February 11 Eleanor...
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  • French countryside, too." Le Bazar de la Charité Women in World War I Marthe Richard Nicole Girard-Mangin Marie Marvingt Louise de Bettignies Amélie Rigard...
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