Cécile Brunschvicg
| Cécile Brunschvicg | |
|---|---|
| Cécile Brunschvicg in 1920. | |
| Undersecretary of State for national education of France | |
| In office 5 June 1936 – 21 June 1937 | |
| President | Albert Lebrun |
| Prime Minister | Léon Blum |
| Preceded by | Henri Guernut indirectly |
| Succeeded by | Léo Lagrange |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cécile Kahn July 19, 1877 Enghien-les-Bains, France |
| Died | October 5, 1946 (aged 69) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | PRS |
| Spouse(s) | Léon Brunschvicg |
Cécile Brunschvicg ([sesil bʁœ̃svik]), born Cécile Kahn (19 July 1877, Enghien-les-Bains – 5 October 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French feminist politician. From the 1920s until her death she was regarded as "the grande dame of the feminist movement" in France.[1]
She was born into a Jewish middle-class, republican family. Her familial environment was not inclined to let women study, especially not when they were over 17. Already a "liberated" woman (for the time), it was her meeting, and subsequent marriage to, Léon Brunschvicg, a feminist philosopher and member of the Ligue des droits de l'homme, that spurred her to feminist activism; she became vice-president of the League of Electors for women's suffrage.
She was named Undersecretary of State for national education in the first Léon Blum government.
Notes
- ↑ Newhall, David S. (1999). "Brunschvicg, Cécile". Women in World History, Vol. 3: Brem-Cold. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. pp. 145–147. ISBN 0-7876-4062-X.
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