US EditionEiffel Tower to Honor 72 Women Scholars to Ensure Gender Parity
The addition aims to correct historic gender bias by honoring 72 deceased women scientists, mainly French, highlighting their contributions to science and technology.
- More than 130 years after its opening, Paris authorities plan to add the names of 72 women to the Eiffel Tower, proposing a list before year-end for Mayor Anne Hidalgo's validation.
- The expert commission said the tribute would remedy the so‑called `Matilda effect`, coined by American historian Margaret Rossiter, by selecting distinguished deceased female experts from 1789 to today, mainly French.
- As one of the world's most visited monuments, the Eiffel Tower attracts around seven million visitors annually and originally bore 72 scholars' names inscribed by Gustave Eiffel in golden letters 60 centimetres high.
- The expert commission said the initiative aims to highlight women's historical scientific contributions, while Education Minister Elisabeth Borne urged a debate on The Pantheon inscription on Monday.
- The commission, chaired by astrophysicist Isabelle Vauglin and Jean‑Francois Martins, proposes placing women's names above the men's frieze to ensure gender parity on the Eiffel Tower.
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The Eiffel Tower, a historic Parisian monument, will have in its structure the name of 72 illustrious women to equalize the men who adorn it since it was erected in 1889.It is that, when the most famous tower in France was designed, Gustave Eiffel had the names of 72 academics inscribed in golden letters at the base of the monument, all of them men.Now, more than 130 years after its construction, the authorities of the European country intend to…
The Iron Lady will be decorated with other great names of science. As Gustave Eiffel had done in her time. But this time, they will only be women.
This project of "Scientific Pantheon" for women was launched by the City of Paris, the Société d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE) and the association Femmes & Sciences in March. The Commission, which worked on the subject, selected the names soon registered on the Tour.
The city hall of Paris plans to add 72 names of women scientists on the Eiffel Tower, echoing the 72 male names already present, in order to fight against the "Matilda effect" The city hall of Paris
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