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Paris Was a Woman
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Juliet Stevenson
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Marie Laurencin
Self (archive footage)
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Women (many of them lesbian) artists, writers, photographers, designers, and adventurers settled in Paris between the wars. They embraced France, some developed an ex-pat culture, and most cherished a way of life quite different than the one left behind.
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1996-02-19
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