Paul LANGEVIN (1872-1946). L.A.S., March 2, 1932, to a Doctor; 1page in-8 on Collège de France letterhead. Laboratory of Experimental Physics.
He will be unable to attend the meeting "on the subject of women's suffrage. Needless to say, I am fully committed to this just cause. I am only surprised that, in the draft introductory report, you do not list war among the social evils against which we hope women will fight and "whose effects they see around them". If this is an oversight, it is most regrettable, and if it is intentional, it reflects a state of mind that I consider even more regrettable"...
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Paul LANGEVIN (1872-1946). L.A.S., March 2, 1932, to a Doctor; 1page in-8 on Collège de France letterhead. Laboratory of Experimental Physics. He will be unable to attend the meeting "on the subject of women's suffrage. Needless to say, I am fully committed to this just cause. I am only surprised that, in the draft introductory report, you do not list war among the social evils against which we hope women will fight and "whose effects they see around them". If this is an oversight, it is most regrettable, and if it is intentional, it reflects a state of mind that I consider even more regrettable"...

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Paul LANGEVIN (1872-1946). L.A.S., March 2, 1932, to a Doctor; 1page in-8 on Collège de France letterhead. Laboratory of Experimental Physics. He will be unable to attend the meeting "on the subject of women's suffrage. Needless to say, I am fully committed to this just cause. I am only surprised that, in the draft introductory report, you do not list war among the social evils against which we hope women will fight and "whose effects they see around them". If this is an oversight, it is most regrettable, and if it is intentional, it reflects a state of mind that I consider even more regrettable"...
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