![Héloïse Héloïse](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/hlose-53440-1.jpg)
![Charles Fourier Charles Fourier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/charles-fourier-9588-1.jpg)
French social theorist Charles Fourier is regarded as one of the pioneers of utopian socialism. Apart from advocating social reconstruction based on phalanges, or Fourierism, he is also credited with coining the term feminism with respect to women’s rights. The Social Destiny of Man remains one of his notable works.
![Luce Irigaray Luce Irigaray](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/luce-irigaray-10952-1.jpg)
Luce Irigaray is a Belgian-born French philosopher, feminist, linguist, psychoanalyst, psycholinguist, and cultural theorist. She is best known for her research that examined the role of language in relation to women. Luce Irigaray's 1974 book Speculum of the Other Woman analyzes the texts of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Freud, Descartes, and Hegel through the lens of phallocentrism.
![Émilie du Châtelet Émilie du Châtelet](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/milie-du-chtelet-31614-1.jpg)
![Germaine de Staël Germaine de Staël](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/germaine-de-stal-31909-1.jpg)
Germaine de Staël was a French political theorist and woman of letters. She is best remembered for her collaboration with the popular Swiss-French political thinker Benjamin Constant. Germaine, who was way ahead of her time, is widely regarded as a precursor of feminism.
![Élisabeth Badinter Élisabeth Badinter](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lisabeth-badinter-94490-1.jpg)
An ardent advocate of liberal feminism and also of the rights of women migrant workers, Élisabeth Badinter is an eminent French philosopher. Also a prolific author, she has published several works including L'Amour en plus ear, L'un est l'autre and La fausse route, raising contentious questions through them. Also a staunch supporter of French secularism, she supported Islamic scarf ban
![Catherine Malabou Catherine Malabou](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/catherine-malabou-1.jpg)
![Bracha L. Ettinger Bracha L. Ettinger](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/bracha-l-ettinger-1.jpg)
An M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger initially worked as psychoanalyst in Israel and England. Although self taught, she later decided to become a professional artist, eventually moving to Paris, where along with painting, drawing and photography, she also started writing and began serving as visiting professor at various European and Asian universities.
![Adele Van Reeth Adele Van Reeth](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/adele-van-reeth-1.jpg)
![Barbara Cassin Barbara Cassin](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/barbara-cassin-113537-1.jpg)