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Académie des Femmes, 1843. Un nouveau Richelieu fondant une académie d'un autre genre...du genre féminin. (Academy of Women. A new Richelieu, founding a new Academy of a different kind.... of the feminine gender.) Satirical criticism of 'bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Révue caricaturale, published in Le Charivari, August 2, 1843.