Have you ever heard of Odette Laguerre (1860-1956)? She is one of the pioneers of feminism in France... and she lived in Don! Let’s meet to exchange what we know about her.
Odette Laguerre (1860-1956) was one of the pioneers of feminism in France. An essayist, she has published regularly in La Fronde, L'Aurore and Pages libres. An educator, she is a teacher of secondary education for girls, founder of the Feminist Education and Action Society in Lyon (1903) and secretary of the International League of Mothers and Educators for Peace.
Odette Laguerre lived in Bugey for over sixty years.
among other things, proposes an evening to (re)discover this important personality of the first wave of feminism and reflect together on the traces it has left and their valorisation.