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…

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.