Les Fabuleuses / La Découvreuse Oubliée

Women scientists have been rendered invisible despite major discoveries that sometimes changed the course of the world. Denied the awards and recognition reserved for their male colleagues, they were pushed aside from the history of science. The theatrical series Les Fabuleuses pays tribute to them by telling their stories.

This fourth installment of the theatrical series Les Fabuleuses deals with the discovery of trisomy 21 by Marthe Gautier, a breakthrough long credited to her colleague Jérôme Lejeune. Quickly sidelined, Gautier only spoke her truth about this story fifty years later. The INSERM Ethics Committee ultimately vindicated her. The play also explores the battle for abortion rights, to which Lejeune was fiercely opposed.