Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger
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Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger (20 January 1853 – 23 October 1924) was a French campaigner for pronatalism, alcoholic abstinence, and feminism. She was the president of the French Union for Women's Suffrage (Union française pour le suffrage des femmes / UFSF) movement.[1] She married into the Schlumberger family and became a powerfully influential matriarch and the mother of several sons who achieved notability in their own right.[2] An activist in international women's rights circles, Witt-Schlumberger was a leading suffragist at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.[3] For her active involvement and service to the government, she was awarded the Croix of the French Legion of Honour in 1920.[1]
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![]() Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger photo-portrait from 'Le Pays de France', 5 July 1919 | |
Born | Marguerite de Witt-Guizot (1853-01-20)20 January 1853 Paris, France |
Died | 23 October 1924(1924-10-23) (aged 71) Saint-Ouen-le-Pin, France |
Occupations | Philanthropist and campaigner for
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Spouse | Paul Schlumberger (1848–1926) |
Children | Jean Schlumberger (1877–1968) Conrad Schlumberger (1878–1936) Daniel Schlumberger (1879–1915) Pauline Schlumberger (1883–1973) Marcel Schlumberger (1884–1953) Maurice Schlumberger (1886–1977) |
Parent(s) | Conrad de Witt Henriette Guizot de Witt |