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Céleste Hardouin
French teacher and activist (1832–1904) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Céleste Hardouin (1832-1904) was a school teacher who advocated for lay education for women.
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Céleste Hardouin | |
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![]() Céleste Hardouin at the workers' congress in Paris, portrait by Auguste Lançon, L'Illustration, 1876. | |
Born | Céleste Toulmé 12 July 1832 |
Died | 9 January 1904 Paris |
Citizenship | French |
Occupation | Teacher |
Notable work | La Détenue de Versailles en 1871 |
Movement | Socialism, Feminism |
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Denounced for having participated in the Paris Commune in 1871, she was arrested and imprisoned. She wrote an account about her captivity. After her release, she resumed teaching, founded a school and campaigned for feminism and secularism.
She was the founder of the French League for the Improvement of Women's Work, and took part in several workers' congresses, where she affirmed in particular the need for compulsory education to solve the question of women's work. She also proposed a plan for women's education to promote gender equality.