This is a list of French suffragists who were born in France or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.
Suffragists
Gabrielle Alphen-Salvador (1856–1920) – philanthropist, suffragist and pacifist Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre (1846–1939) – feminist, suffragist, established the Ligue de l'Affranchissement des femmes in 1889 Hubertine Auclert (1848–1914) – feminist, campaigner Olympe Audouard (1832–1890) – feminist, women's rights activist, suffragist Marthe Bray (1884–1949) – feminist, suffragist Cécile Brunschvicg (1877–1946) – feminist politician, secretary-general of the French Union for Women's Suffrage Maria Deraismes (1828–1894) – author, major pioneering force for women's rights Jeanne Deroin (1805–1894) – socialist feminist Marguerite Durand (1864–1936) – stage actress, journalist, founder of her own newspaper Blanche Edwards-Pilliet (1858–1941) – physician, activist, suffragist Nicole Girard-Mangin (1878–1919) – army physician, suffragist Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793) – playwright and political activist Caroline Kauffmann (1840–1926) – feminist, women's rights activist, suffragette Germaine Malaterre-Sellier (1889–1967) – nurse, suffragist and pacifist Louise Michel (1830–1905) – anarchist, school teacher, medical worker Héra Mirtel (1868–1931) – writer, feminist, salonnier, suffragist Jane Misme (1865–1935) – journalist, feminist, suffragist Jeanne Oddo-Deflou (1846–1915) – translator, educator, feminist and suffragist, founder of Groupe français d'Etudes féministes in 1891 Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939) – physician, psychiatrist, socialist activist Maria Pognon (1844–1925) – writer, feminist, suffragist and pacifist Colette Reynaud (1872–1965) – feminist, socialist and pacifist journalist; co-founder of La Voix des femmes in 1917 Léonie Rouzade (1839–1916) – feminist, suffragist, writer and socialist politician Henriette Sauret (1890–1976) – feminist, author, pacifist, journalist; member of French Union for Women's Suffrage Jane Valbot (1884–1961) – feminist, pacifist Maria Vérone (1874–1939) – feminist, suffragist, women's rights activist Louise Weiss (1893–1983) – writer, feminist, politician, suffragist Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger (1853–1924) – proponent of pronatalism and alcoholic abstinence, president of the French Union for Women's Suffrage
See also
List of suffragists and suffragettes Timeline of women's suffrage Women in France
References