Madame Émile
Juliette Lamber, known by the pseudonym Juliette Adam and as Madame Émile Adam, was a French writer, editor, and salonnière, a prominent figure in Parisian intellectual life during the Third Republic. Her career was marked by the founding and management, from 1879, of the journal *La Nouvelle Revue*, an influential platform for her republican and revanchist ideas, which she directed for nearly twenty years. Her literary and political salon became one of the most important in Paris, frequented by figures such as Léon Gambetta, Victor Hugo, and Pierre Loti. Her literary output includes essays, novels, and memoirs. She made her debut with the feminist essay *Idées antiproudhoniennes sur l'amour, la femme et le mariage* (1858), a firm rebuttal to the misogynistic theses of Proudhon. Her other works include the novel *Païenne* (1883) and her voluminous memoirs. For her cultural and public contributions, she received several awards, including the Prix Montyon and the Prix Vitet from the Académie française, and was awarded the Legion of Honour.
