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Of the 7,000 women selected, most died on the forced marches or on the sea voyage, and only 1,300 arrived at the colony. [2] Some of the women were forcibly married to male prisoners also being sent to Louisiana. [3] Many correction girls were sickly and malnourished; some had venereal diseases and others were dangerous criminals.
A casquette girl (French: fille à la cassette) but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, [1] was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name derives from the small chests, known as casquettes, in which they carried their clothes.
Beach Girls was a six-part 2005 American limited series produced by Fox Television Studios and Robert Greenwald Productions and broadcast by Lifetime. The teleplay by Edithe Swensen , Elle Triedman , and Eric Tuchman was based on the 2004 bestselling novel by Luanne Rice .
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A woman's head is shaved as punishment for collaboration horizontale.Montélimar area, August 1944.. Horizontal collaboration (French: Collaboration horizontale, collaboration féminine or collaboration sentimentale) referred to the romantic or sexual relationship many women in France had or allegedly had with members of the German occupation forces after the Fall of France in 1940.
In the video, the bride could be seen on the balcony of the St. James Theatre in Montreal getting ready to toss her bouquet into the crowd of guests who gathered below before the song suddenly ...
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. [2] It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night. [3] The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux.
3. Animal Print. Laëtitia Casta (46) At this point, most fashionistas would argue that animal print has become a neutral by now. Thanks to trends like the Mob Wife aesthetic and indie sleaze, we ...