Ladies first French wives were networking for their husbands as early as the beginning of this century, which the French refer to as la belle epoque. Moreover, under the creeping influence of the women's rights movement, French women have trained themselves to be capable both in the home and out in the world.
法國早在本世紀初的「美好時期」（labelle epoque）開始，太太就扮演著為先生打通人脈的角色；再加上女權運動長期的薰陶，演變之下，法國女士已練就出：「在家能打理，出外能善道」的大方和幹練的性格。