SettingsFrench feminists
Angélique Arnaud
Angélique Arnaud (1799–1884) was a French novelist and feminist writer.
Angélique Arnaud (1799–1884) was a French novelist and feminist writer.
Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin
Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin (February 8, 1796 – September 1, 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism.
Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin (February 8, 1796 – September 1, 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism.
Benoîte Groult
Benoîte Groult is a French writer.
Benoîte Groult is a French writer.
Berty Albrecht
Berty Albrecht was a French Resistance Fighter, born Berthe Wild at Marseille, 15 February 1893.
Berty Albrecht was a French Resistance Fighter, born Berthe Wild at Marseille, 15 February 1893.
Bracha L. Ettinger
Bracha L. Ettinger also known as Bracha Ettinger, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Hebrew: ברכה אטינגר, ברכה ליכטנברג-אטינגר, is a prominent artist, painter, photographer, th...
Bracha L. Ettinger also known as Bracha Ettinger, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Hebrew: ברכה אטינגר, ברכה ליכטנברג-אטינגר, is a prominent artist, painter, photographer, th...
Camille du Gast
Camille du Gast, Marie Marthe Camille Desinge du Gast, Camille Crespin du Gast,.
Camille du Gast, Marie Marthe Camille Desinge du Gast, Camille Crespin du Gast,.
Catherine Clément
Catherine Clément (born February 10, 1939) is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic.
Catherine Clément (born February 10, 1939) is a prominent French philosopher, novelist, feminist, and literary critic.
Charles Fourier
François Marie Charles Fourier (7 April 1772 in Besançon– 10 October 1837 in Paris) was a French philosopher.
François Marie Charles Fourier (7 April 1772 in Besançon– 10 October 1837 in Paris) was a French philosopher.
Christine Delphy
Christine Delphy is a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist.
Christine Delphy is a French sociologist, feminist, writer and theorist.
Claudine Chomat
Claudine Chomat, who was born 7 February 1915 at Saint-Etienne (Loire) in France, and died on 14 October 1995 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), was a member of the French Resistance and ...
Claudine Chomat, who was born 7 February 1915 at Saint-Etienne (Loire) in France, and died on 14 October 1995 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), was a member of the French Resistance and ...
Claudine Monteil
Claudine Monteil (born 1949) is a French writer and women's rights specialist.
Claudine Monteil (born 1949) is a French writer and women's rights specialist.
Clémentine Autain
Clémentine Autain is a French politician and a feminist, born on May 26, 1973 in Saint-Cloud.
Clémentine Autain is a French politician and a feminist, born on May 26, 1973 in Saint-Cloud.
Colette Guillaumin
Colette Guillaumin, born in 1934, is a sociologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and a French feminist.
Colette Guillaumin, born in 1934, is a sociologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and a French feminist.
Cécile Brunschvicg
Cécile Brunschvicg, born Cécile Kahn on the 19 July 1877 in Enghien-les-Bains, and died 5 October 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine was a French feminist politician.
Cécile Brunschvicg, born Cécile Kahn on the 19 July 1877 in Enghien-les-Bains, and died 5 October 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine was a French feminist politician.
Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne
Danièle Minne (born 13 August 1939 at Neuilly-sur-Seine) was one of the few European girls convicted for assisting the FLN during the Algerian War.
Danièle Minne (born 13 August 1939 at Neuilly-sur-Seine) was one of the few European girls convicted for assisting the FLN during the Algerian War.
Desirée Gay
Jeanne Desirée Véret Gay (4 April 1810 – c. 1891) was a French socialist feminist.
Jeanne Desirée Véret Gay (4 April 1810 – c. 1891) was a French socialist feminist.
Dinah Derycke
Dinah Derycke (1 April 1946 Armentieres - 19 January 2002), was a French politician in the Socialist Party.
Dinah Derycke (1 April 1946 Armentieres - 19 January 2002), was a French politician in the Socialist Party.
Eugenie Potonie-Pierre
Eugenie Potonie-Pierre was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892.
Eugenie Potonie-Pierre was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892.
Eugénie Niboyet
Eugénie Mouchon-Niboyet was a French author and early feminist.
Eugénie Mouchon-Niboyet was a French author and early feminist.
Eugénie Potonié-Pierre
Eugénie Potonié-Pierre was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892.
Eugénie Potonié-Pierre was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892.
Fadela Amara
Fadéla Amara, also known as Fatiha Amara (born April 25, 1964) is a French feminist and politician, who began her political life as an advocate for women in the impoverished banlieues.
Fadéla Amara, also known as Fatiha Amara (born April 25, 1964) is a French feminist and politician, who began her political life as an advocate for women in the impoverished banlieues.
Flora Tristan
Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 in Paris – 14 November 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist.
Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 in Paris – 14 November 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist.
François Poullain de la Barre
François Poulain de la Barre, was a writer, Cartesian and feminist philosopher.
François Poulain de la Barre, was a writer, Cartesian and feminist philosopher.
Françoise d'Eaubonne
Françoise d'Eaubonne (12 March 1920 in Paris - 3 August 2005 in Paris) was a French feminist, who introduced the term ecofeminism (écologie-féminisme, éco-féminisme or écoféminisme...
Françoise d'Eaubonne (12 March 1920 in Paris - 3 August 2005 in Paris) was a French feminist, who introduced the term ecofeminism (écologie-féminisme, éco-féminisme or écoféminisme...
Geneviève Fraisse
Geneviève Fraisse is a French philosopher.
Geneviève Fraisse is a French philosopher.
Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi, born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb in 1927, is a French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist, and essayist.
Gisèle Halimi, born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb in 1927, is a French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist, and essayist.
Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous is a professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician.
Hélène Cixous is a professor, French feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, literary critic and rhetorician.
Hélène de Beauvoir
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910, Paris – 1 July 2001, Goxwiller) was a French painter.
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (6 June 1910, Paris – 1 July 2001, Goxwiller) was a French painter.
Hélène van Zuylen
Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt or Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née Rothschild, was a French socialite, authoress, a sporting figure in Parisian life and a member of ...
Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt or Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née Rothschild, was a French socialite, authoress, a sporting figure in Parisian life and a member of ...
Inessa Armand
Inessa Armand, born Elisabeth-Inès Stéphane d'Herbenville, was a French communist politician and feminist who spent most of her life in Russia.
Inessa Armand, born Elisabeth-Inès Stéphane d'Herbenville, was a French communist politician and feminist who spent most of her life in Russia.
Joseph Dinouart
Joseph Antoine Toussaint Dinouart, November 1, 1716 - April 23, 1786, was a preacher, polemicist, compiler of sacred learning, and apologist for French feminism.
Joseph Antoine Toussaint Dinouart, November 1, 1716 - April 23, 1786, was a preacher, polemicist, compiler of sacred learning, and apologist for French feminism.
Jules Allix
Jules Allix (1818, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 1897) was a feminist, socialist, and eccentric inventor linked to the Paris Commune.
Jules Allix (1818, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée – 1897) was a feminist, socialist, and eccentric inventor linked to the Paris Commune.
Julia Kristeva
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s.
Julia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s.
Louise Weiss
Louise Weiss (1893, Arras, Pas-de-Calais - 26 May 1983, Paris) was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician.
Louise Weiss (1893, Arras, Pas-de-Calais - 26 May 1983, Paris) was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician.
Louise-Félicité de Kéralio
Louise-Félicité Guynement de Kéralio (19 January 1757, Valence, Drôme - 31 December 1821, Brussels) was a French writer and feminist, originating from the minor Breton nobility.
Louise-Félicité Guynement de Kéralio (19 January 1757, Valence, Drôme - 31 December 1821, Brussels) was a French writer and feminist, originating from the minor Breton nobility.
Luce Irigaray
Luce Irigaray (born 1932 in Belgium) is a Belgian feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist.
Luce Irigaray (born 1932 in Belgium) is a Belgian feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist.
Madeleine de Puisieux
Madeleine de Puisieux was a French writer and feminist.
Madeleine de Puisieux was a French writer and feminist.
Marguerite Durand
Marguerite Durand (January 24, 1864 – March 16, 1936) was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette.
Marguerite Durand (January 24, 1864 – March 16, 1936) was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette.
Marie Souvestre
Marie Souvestre (April 28, 1830 - March 30, 1905) was a feminist educator who sought to develop independent minds in young women.
Marie Souvestre (April 28, 1830 - March 30, 1905) was a feminist educator who sought to develop independent minds in young women.
Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon
Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon (born September 17, 1962) is a French businesswoman and feminist.
Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon (born September 17, 1962) is a French businesswoman and feminist.
Marquis de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method'...
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method'...
Martine Billard
Martine Billard (born Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, 7 October 1952) is a French politician and a deputy to the National Assembly of France.
Martine Billard (born Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, 7 October 1952) is a French politician and a deputy to the National Assembly of France.
Monique Wittig
Monique Wittig was a French author and feminist theorist who wrote about overcoming socially enforced gender roles and who coined the phrase "heterosexual contract".
Monique Wittig was a French author and feminist theorist who wrote about overcoming socially enforced gender roles and who coined the phrase "heterosexual contract".
Nathalie Lemel
Nathalie Lemel (26 August 1827 - 1921), was a militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871.
Nathalie Lemel (26 August 1827 - 1921), was a militant anarchist and feminist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871.
Nelly Roussel
Nelly Roussel (January 5, 1878 – December 18, 1922) was a free thinker, anarchist, and feminist.
Nelly Roussel (January 5, 1878 – December 18, 1922) was a free thinker, anarchist, and feminist.
Nicole Péry
Nicole Péry, b. 15 May 1943, in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a French socialist politician.
Nicole Péry, b. 15 May 1943, in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a French socialist politician.
Odette Dulac
Odette Dulac was a French singing actress, born 14 july 1865 in Aire-sur-Adour a diseuse in the manner of Yvette Guilbert, who became a militant feminist and novelist.
Odette Dulac was a French singing actress, born 14 july 1865 in Aire-sur-Adour a diseuse in the manner of Yvette Guilbert, who became a militant feminist and novelist.
Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience.
Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience.
Paul Robin
Paul Robin was a French educator and scientist.
Paul Robin was a French educator and scientist.
Pauline Léon
Pauline Léon (28 September 1768 - 5 October 1838), was a feminist during the French Revolutionary era.
Pauline Léon (28 September 1768 - 5 October 1838), was a feminist during the French Revolutionary era.
Pauline Roland
Pauline Roland (1805, Falaise, Calvados — 15 December 1852) was a French feminist and socialist.
Pauline Roland (1805, Falaise, Calvados — 15 December 1852) was a French feminist and socialist.
Renée Dunan
Renée Dunan (Avignon, 1892–1936), was a French writer, critic y poet.
Renée Dunan (Avignon, 1892–1936), was a French writer, critic y poet.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir, was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theoris...
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir, was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theoris...
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (born 7 February 1938) is a prominent French feminist and author.
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (born 7 February 1938) is a prominent French feminist and author.
Élisabeth Badinter
Élisabeth Badinter is a French author, historian, and professor of Philosophy at the École Polytechnique in Paris.
Élisabeth Badinter is a French author, historian, and professor of Philosophy at the École Polytechnique in Paris.