Léonie Rouzade facts for kids
Léonie Rouzade, born Louise-Léonie Camusat (1839–1916), was a French woman who fought for women's rights. She was also a politician, a journalist, and an author. In 1880, she helped start the Union des femmes (Women's Union) with Eugénie Pierre. This was the first group for socialist women in France. As a writer, she published two novels in 1872: Le Monde renversé (The World Turned Upside Down) and Voyage de Théodose à l'île de l'Utopie (A Voyage to the Isle of Utopia).
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Léonie Rouzade: A Champion for Women
Early Life and Inspiration
Louise-Léonie Camusat was born in Paris on September 6, 1839. Her father was a watchmaker. Before she got married, she worked as an embroiderer. In 1860, she married Auguste Rouzade, who was an accountant. They settled down in Meudon.
Her husband encouraged her to use her free time to help working-class women. She did this by writing two novels that supported women's rights.
Her Important Books
Léonie Rouzade wrote Voyage de Théodose à l'île de l'Utopie and Le Monde renversé. In Voyage de Théodose, a man named Théodose gets shipwrecked on an island. On this island, everyone works together for only four hours a day. Men and women are treated as equals.
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In Le Monde renversé, a woman in a Middle Eastern harem leads a rebellion. She creates new laws where women are in charge. These stories showed her ideas for a more equal world.
Fighting for Women's Rights
In 1878, Rouzade went to the International Congress of Women. There, she met Hubertine Auclert, who encouraged her work. Rouzade then supported Droit des femmes (Women's Rights), a group Auclert started.
Later, this group joined with the Parti ouvrier (Workers Party). Rouzade wrote for their newspaper, Le Prolétaire. She also gave speeches at party meetings. On February 28, 1880, Le Prolétaire announced that the Union des femmes (UdF) had been formed. Léonie Rouzade and Eugénie Pierre started this group.
Rouzade spoke at the UdF's first meeting on April 13, 1880. That June, she represented the UdF at other socialist meetings. She continued to speak at these events until 1882. She stopped her active campaigning after facing strong opposition. This happened when she ran as a socialist candidate in the 1881 local elections in Paris.
In 1891, she joined another group called La Solida des femmes. She left this group around 1901 after its founder passed away. Léonie Rouzade died in mid-October 1916. A street in Meudon, Rue Léonie Rouzade, is named after her.
See also
In Spanish: Léonie Rouzade para niños
