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Résumé Le ministère des finances est le département ministériel qui au XXe siècle a le plus difficilement et le plus tardivement accueilli des femmes parmi ses cadres. Cet article étudie la façon dont les administratrices, en dépit des obstacles historiques, juridiques et sociologiques qui ont marqué la période 1939?1981, ont réussi à s’infiltrer dans les couloirs de Branly et de Rivoli et à accéder aux emplois supérieurs.

— The history of women executives in the Ministry of Finance from 1939 to 1981: a lead ceiling Keywords — The Ministry of Finance is the government department which, in the twentieth century, had the most difficulty and took the longest to appoint women among its executives. This article examines how, in spite of the historical, legal and sociological obstacles, female administrators, who marked the 1939?1981 period, succeeded in infiltrating the corridors of its premises at Branly Embankment and Rivoli Street and accessing senior posts.