Suzanne Lacore

Suzanne Lacore (born 30 May 1875 in Orgnac-sur-Vézère, died 5 November 1975) was a French politician representing the SFIO ((French) "French Section of the Workers' International") Party.

In early life she was a teacher and then head teacher of a primary school in the Dordogne. She became a militant socialist in 1906 and was the only woman in her area to be a member of a political party. She was leader of the Comité national des femmes socialistes ((French) "National committee of socialist women) and wrote articles for the journal Le Travailleur du Périgord ((French) "Périgord worker").

In 1936 she was one of three women ministers in the Front populaire ((French) "Popular Front"), along with Cécile Brunschvicg and Irène Joliot-Curie, at a time when women could neither vote nor be elected. She then became Undersecretary of State for Child Protection in Léon Blum's first government, reporting to Henri Sellier. During her tenure she instituted social visits, training for young workers and took measures to support abandoned children. Many primary schools, crèches and other places dedicated to children have been named in her honour.

She wrote Les femmes dans l’agriculture ((French) "Women in agriculture").

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• This article was abridged and translated from its counterpart on the French Wikipedia on 23 February 2011.