Born in Paris, Simon attended primary school in
Pétange in the south of Luxembourg. After matriculating from the
Lycée de jeunes filles in
Luxembourg City in 1940, she began to study medicine in
Bonn but in 1942 was forced to work for the
Reichsarbeitsdienst in
Buckow. In 1943, she continued her studies in
Tübingen before spending further periods of study in both Berlin and Paris. After graduating in tropical medicine in Paris, she spent a short period in the United States before taking up employment at the Dudelange Hospital in Luxembourg. Until 1995, she practised as a general practitioner in Pétange. ==Works==