Marcelle Devaud (7 January 1908 – 4 November 2008) was a French politician.
She was a member of the French parliament from 1946 to 1962.
[Victoria Man, ''Marcelle Devaud : itinéraire d'une femme politique française, entretiens et témoignages'', Paris : E. Carvallo, 1997, 154 p.] She was the first female vice-president of the French senate. She was a
Gaullist
Gaullism ( ) is a French political stance based on the thought and action of World War II French Resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who would become the founding President of the Fifth French Republic. De Gaulle withdrew French forces from t ...
and advocate for women's rights.
Marcelle Gouguenheim was born in
Constantine
Constantine most often refers to:
* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
* Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine g ...
, a French
''département'' of Algeria.
She was married to
Stanislas Devaud, a French philosopher and politician.
References
1908 births
2008 deaths
People from Constantine, Algeria
20th-century French politicians
20th-century French women politicians
French women centenarians
French women's rights activists
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