1938-1942: (Marie-Madeleine’s Marraine Wrote a Play and Her Father Became a Senator — Between Marie-Madeleine’s Sixth and Tenth Birthdays Her Marraine Wrote …

1938-1942: (Marie-Madeleine’s Marraine Wrote a Play and Her Father Became a Senator — Between Marie-Madeleine’s Sixth and Tenth Birthdays Her Marraine Wrote a Play and Her Father Jean Price-Mars Became a Senator for the Second Time, These Events Being Intertwined as Contextual Frames for the 1940s — Price-Mars Having Been a Presidential Candidate Against Vincent in 1930 and Then Leading Opposition Senator, When Lescot Elected President in May 1941 Price-Mars Returning to the Senate That Same Year): Between Marie-Madeleine’s sixth and tenth birthdays, her marraine wrote a play and her father became a senator for the second time. While seemingly separate, these events were very much intertwined as contextual frames for the 1940s. Price-Mars had been a presidential candidate against Vincent in 1930 and then leading opposition senator against the president. When Lescot was elected president in May 1941, Price-Mars returned to the senate that same year — the child was growing up at the intersection of feminist theater and parliamentary politics, her godmother’s art and her father’s statecraft weaving together the world she would inherit.