Josephine Baker, a Free France heroine and anti-discrimination activist

• Read a short biography of Josephine Baker

• See images of Josephine Baker from the ECPAD collections:
  • A collection of photos (slideshow at bottom of page)

"I have two loves...": a film from the archives of Josephine Baker performing to soldiers in 1939

• See a selection of digitised excerpts from the military dossier of Josephine Baker archived with the Service Historique de la Défense in Vincennes

• View the online exhibition and digitised archives of the Musée de la Résistance

• Read a comic strip created by students at the Académie de Corse that won third prize at the "Bulles de Mémoire" competition held by the ONAC-VG in 2020

• Learn about Josephine Baker’s engagements by visiting the Château des Milandes

Women’s engagement: a constant in contemporary conflicts

• The epic exploits of Marie-Antoinette Lix, a video from Web-série 1870 about a female French patriot who enlisted in the Franco-Prussian War.

• The emancipation of women during World War One an article by Françoise Thébaud in Les chemins de la mémoire magazine, issue 159

• The “Women and Resistance” exhibition presents the profiles of 46 women engaged in World War II, including Josephine Baker.

• Go to our page dedicated to International Women’s Day, to read about many examples of women enlisted in contemporary conflicts

Biographies of other female figures engaged in the anti-Nazi campaign

• Berty Albrecht

• Charlotte Delbo

• Marie-Madeleine Fourcade

• Geneviève de Gaulle

• Gabrielle Petit

• Germaine Tillion