You have to hand it to the female empowerment movement — they're shattering the glass ceiling, one historic failure at a time. Following the broad-daylight theft of the crown jewels, the first female director of the Louvre has resigned.
Another feather in the cap of girl bosses everywhere.
Well done, woman.
As reported by CNN:
The director of the renowned Louvre museum in Paris resigned Tuesday following last year's 'heist of the century' which saw €88m ($100m) worth of crown jewels stolen.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he accepted Laurence des Cars' resignation, and praised her decision to step down as 'an act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest museum needs both stability and a strong new impetus,' according to the Elysée Palace.
The bold heist marked the downfall of des Cars' reign, which began in September 2021 and crashed and burned in less than five years.
Des Cars had previously offered her resignation to Culture Minister Rachida Dati after the robbery, which saw thieves break into the museum's Apollo Gallery, but it was rejected at the time.
She admitted last year that the 'absolutely obsolete, even absent, technical infrastructure' to monitor the country's most valuable treasures was a 'terrible observation' for the world's largest museum.
Yes, in hindsight, it was a bold move to leave an entire museum full of the world's most priceless artifacts protected by security so advanced that thieves were able to overcome it with state-of-the-art devices like…well…a ladder.
