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Simone Veil (French pronunciation: [simɔn vɛj] ⓘ; née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office.
May 7, 2024 · Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. A celebrated civil servant, women’s rights figure and Holocaust survivor, Simone (Jacob) Veil (1927–2017) was the driving force behind French womens’ access to contraception and abortion in the twentieth century.
Jun 23, 2021 · Learn about the life and achievements of Simone Veil, a Holocaust survivor and a pioneer of women's rights in France and the European Union. She was the first woman to preside over the European Parliament and to be interred in the Panthéon.
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Jun 30, 2017 · Simone Veil, who fought for women's rights and legalised abortion in France, has died at 89. She was also the first president of an elected European Parliament and a survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
Jun 30, 2017 · PARIS (AP) — Simone Veil, a survivor of Nazi death camps and a European Parliament president who spearheaded abortion rights as one of France’s most prominent female politicians, died Friday at 89, her family said.
Learn about Simone Veil's life, achievements and vision for Europe. She was the first woman to lead the European Parliament and a key figure in legalising abortion in France.
Jun 30, 2017 · By Sewell Chan. June 30, 2017. Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who as health minister of France championed the 1975 law that legalized abortion in that country, and who was the first woman...
