Catherine Deudon was born in 1940 in Orléans (France). To a father working as a pharmacist and to a mother who was a former gym teacher and who became a housewife after her wedding, Catherine Deudon became interested in politics by the age of 16 through the Algerian War and after the reading of “Second Sex” by Simone de Beauvoir. In the 1960s, she worked as the assistant to Denise Colomb, a French photographer. She observed the May 1968 events without taking part to them. She also published a few photographs in “L’Idiot International”, a French newspaper. She discovered the feminist movement “Mouvement de la Libération des femmes” in 1970 and began to photograph its demonstrations, mainly in Paris in 1970-1971, followed by the “Ni putes ni soumises” movement in the 2010s. Her photographs are distributed by the Roger-Viollet agency, and the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand has regularly bought many of them.
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Soirée-débat "Féministes et islamistes", organisée par la C.L.E.F., avec la participation de Wassyla Tamzali (née en 1941), auteur algérienne, Manhaz Shiralli, sociologue iranienne et Irshad Manji, journaliste canadienne. Présence de Michèle Vianes (à droite), présidente de l'association Regards de femmes. Paris, mairie du IIIème arr., le 24 janvier 2008. Photographie de Catherine Deudon (née en 1940). Paris, Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand.
Catherine Deudon / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Roger-Viollet
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Colloque international de Paris à l'occasion du centenaire de Simone de Beauvoir au Réfectoire des Cordeliers. Présence de Anne Zelinsky, présidente de la L.D.F. (Ligue du droit des femmes) et auteur polonaise, Alice Schwarzer, journaliste, éditrice et auteur allemande, et Eric Marty, philosophe français. Paris (VIème arr.), du 9 au 11 Janvier 2008. Photographie de Catherine Deudon (née en 1940). Paris, Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand.
Catherine Deudon / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Roger-Viollet
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Gisèle Halimi (1927-2020), Tunisian-born French lawyer, feminist activist and politician, and Angela Davis (born in 1949), American human rights activist, attending the international symposium "Feminisms and Socialisms" organized at UNESCO by "Choisir" in October 1983. Photograph by Catherine Deudon (born in 1940). Paris, Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand.
Catherine Deudon / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Roger-Viollet
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Manifestation pour le remboursement de l' IVG (Interruption volontaire de grossesse). 23 octobre 1982. Photographie de Catherine Deudon (née en 1940). Paris, Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand.
Catherine Deudon / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Roger-Viollet
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Affiche faite contre le dépôt du sigle MLF (Mouvement de libération des femmes) par les éditions des femmes, dites aussi groupe "Psychanalyse et politique". 1979. Photographie de Catherine Deudon (née en 1940). Paris, Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand.
Catherine Deudon / Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Roger-Viollet
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