Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre Explained

Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre
Birth Date:	17 May 1924
Birth Place:	Sète, France
Death Place:	Sète, France
Nationality:	French
Occupation:	Historian Professor

Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre (17 May 1924 – 4 January 2020) was a French historian and professor of philosophy.^[1] She served as general commissioner of Guides de France from 1953 to 1979.

Biography

Cheroutre was born in 1924. She discovered Scouting just before World War II.

After she obtained a degree in philosophy, Cheroutre briefly worked as a teacher. She then moved to Paris became general commissioner of the Guides de France, summoned by Olave Baden-Powell, where she served from 1953 to 1979.^[2]

In 1968, Cheroutre founded the National Council of Youth and Popular Education Associations (CNAJEP).^[3]

On 21 October 1978, she published an article in Le Monde titled Éducation et mixité, which encouraged more girls to join Scouting.^[4]

Cheroutre served as President of the National Council for Community Life (CNVA) from 1983 to 1993,^[5] and she became a member of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council in 1984.^[6]

Cheroutre obtained a doctorate degree in contemporary history in 2000 at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.^[7]

Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre died on 4 January 2020 in Sète at the age of 95. She is set to be buried at Cimetière Marin, Sète on 8 January.^[8]

Publications

• L’essor et l’avenir du bénévolat, facteur d’amélioration de la qualité de la vie, Paris, Direction des journaux officiels (1989)
• Exercice et développement de la vie associative dans le cadre de la loi du 1er juillet 1901 (1993)
• Le scoutisme : quel type d'hommes et quel type de femmes ? : quel type de chrétiens ? (1994)
• Le scoutisme au féminin : histoire des Guides de France de 1923 à 1998 (2002)^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notices et portraits. 1985. France. Parlement (1946-). Conseil de la République. French.
2. Web site: Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre : « Le guidisme a aidé les femmes à prendre des responsabilités ». 27 July 2007. La Croix. French.
3. Web site: Comité pour les relations nationales et internationales des associations de jeunesse et d'éducation populaire (Cnajep). CNAJEP. French.
4. Web site: Éducation et mixité. 21 October 1978. Le Monde. French.
5. Web site: M. Mattéoli à nouveau désigné au Conseil économique et social. 12 September 1989. Le Monde. French.
6. Web site: CP – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre s'en est allée. January 2020. Scouts Guides de France. French.
7. Web site: Le scoutisme au feminin : les guides de france, 1923-1998. 2000. theses.fr. French.
8. Web site: Marie-thérése Cheroutre Avis de décès. 4 January 2020. Avis-de-Deces.com. French.
9. Web site: Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, Le Scoutisme au féminin. Les Guides de France, 1923-1998. 2002. Clio. French.
10. Web site: Ne pleure pas jeannette. 31 October 2002. Libération. French.