What is Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe?
[[File:P1010067 MARIE JO 2007 (cropped).JPG|right|thumb|Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe]] '''Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe''' (''[[née]]'' '''Wilborts'''; born 31 May 1923) is a French sociologist, activist and [[World War II]] resistance fighter. She was born in [[Paris]]. In 2008, she was honored with the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref>[https://www.ouest-france.fr/legion-dhonneur-marie-jose-chombart-de-lauwe-devient-grandcroix-404444 « Légion d’honneur. Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe devient grand’croix »], ''[[Ouest-France]]'', 8 avril 2012.</ref> During [[World War II]], she was arrested by the [[Gestapo]] to [[La Santé Prison]]. She was nearly [[executed]]. In 1954, she began working for the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|National Centre for Scientific Research]]. In 1996, she became Chair of the [[Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.afmd.asso.fr/IMG/pdf/MJCL.pdf Portrait] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417215936/http://www.afmd.asso.fr/IMG/pdf/MJCL.pdf |date=2013-04-17 }} de Marie-José Chombart de Lauwe {{DEFAULTSORT:Chombart de Lauwe, Marie-Jose}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French World War II resistance members]] [[Category:French sociologists]] [[Category:Scientists from Paris]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]] {{bio-stub}}