Edmée de La Rochefoucauld
French woman of letters (1895-1991)
Edmée de La Rochefoucauld (1896-1991) was a French activist for women’s voting rights and a writer, sometimes using the pseudonym Gilbert Mauge.
Early life
Edmée Frisch de Fels was born in Paris, France on April 28, 1895, the daughter of Edmund, Comte de Fels, director of the Revue de Paris, and Comtesse de Fels, née Jeanne Lebaudy, who was a founder of the Union Nationale pour le Vote des Femmes (UNVF). On December 27, 1917 she married Jean, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, heir to La Rochefoucauld ducal title. They had two sons and two daughters.
Career
De La Rochefoucauld was a Catholic leader in French women’s efforts to win the right to vote. She became an officer in the UNVF in 1927 and became its president in 1930. In 1927, she founded and directed the UNVF's periodical L'Union nationale des femmes (National Union for the Vote for Women).
For more than 60 years she was also a central figure in French world of letters, publishing her first book Fonction de X in 1926. In 1938, she reported on Spanish Civil War. In 1944, she became a member of jury for the Prix Fémina.
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