Mauritians of the Year: Exceptional Women

The cycling champion Kim Le Court-Pienaar is the third woman to be recognized in the Mauritian of the Year awards, a tradition maintained by the newspaper since 1965. Before her, France Boyer de la Giroday, the director of home economics schools, was honored in 1973, at a time not so long ago when a woman was expected to know how to "manage her household"—a culture that seems so distant from the struggles she faces today for her dignity; and the singer Jane Constance also...