Eugénie Potonié-Pierre Explained

Eugénie Potonié-Pierre (5 November 1844 – 12 June 1898 Paris) was a French feminist who founded the Federation of French Feminist Societies in 1892.^[1]

She joined the Society for the Amelioration of Women's Condition with Léon Richer and Maria Deraismes in the 1870s. She served as the secretary and wrote for the organization's publication Le Droit des femmes (Women's Rights).^[2] In 1880, with Léonie Rouzade, she founded Union des Femmes.^[3]

She was secretary of the committee of the International Congress for Women's Rights, in 1892, and 1896.^{[4] [5]} In her speech to the International Congress of 1896 in Berlin, Potonié-Pierre credited herself and French feminist peers with coining the term féminisme.^[6]

Death

She died 12 June 1898, from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 54. She is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Propaganda and mass persuasion: a historical encyclopedia, 1500 to the present . Nicholas John Cull . David Holbrook Culbert . David Welch . ABC-CLIO. 2003. 978-1-57607-820-4 .
2. Web site: Potonié-Pierre, Eugénie (1844–1898) Encyclopedia.com.
3. Book: Chronology of women's history. registration . 147 . Kirstin Olsen. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. 978-0-313-28803-6 .
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106045056/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591307633.html HighBeam
5. Book: French feminism in the nineteenth century. Claire Goldberg Moses. SUNY Press. 1984. 978-0-87395-859-2 .
6. Book: European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History. Karen M. Offen. Stanford University Press. 2000. 978-0-804-73420-2 .
7. Web site: POTONIE PIERRE Eugénie (? -1898) . www.appl-lachaise.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215721/http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article.php3?id_article=2483 . 2011-07-22.