This collection of essays celebrates twenty years of Women in French, a network of female academics working in the discipline of French Studies and investigates the theme of trajectories in French and Francophone women's lives and writings Based on papers delivered at the group's tenth biennial conference in Leeds, which was entitled 'Le parcours', this volume investigates the theme of trajectories in French and Francophone women's lives and writings. It addresses the presence of women in public spaces such as journalism, politics and the street.