The world in 1900 or the extraordinary journey of a Swiss woman (1/4)

Cécile de Rodt was 46 in 1901 when she boarded the liner that would take her across the Atlantic. This indefatigable globetrotter from an aristocratic Bernese family was to live out her adventures to the full, alone and as a woman. Take a trip back to the United States in the early 20th century with Boris Vejdovsky, professor of literature and specialist in American culture at the University of Lausanne.