Olympe Audouard
Olympe Audouard (13 March 1832 – 12 January 1890) was a French feminist who demanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election. Olympe Audouard was born in Marseille as Félicité-Olympe de Jouval, she married on 11 April 1850 the lawyer Henri-Alexis Audouard (b. 2 May 1829).
Also recorded as Félicité Audouard · Félicité Olympe Audouard · Félicité de Jouval · Félicité Olympe de Jouval
Olympe Audouard
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- Name
- Olympe Audouard
- Birth Name
- Félicité-Olympe de Jouval
- Born
- 13 March 1832
- Birthplace
- Marseille, France
- Died
- 12 January 1890
- Occupation
- feminist
- Known for
- demanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election; founder of the newspaper Le Papillon
- Full name
- Olympe Félicité de Jouval.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- French literature.
- Languages
- French.
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Olympe Audouard (13 March 1832 – 12 January 1890) was a French feminist who demanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election. Olympe Audouard was born in Marseille as Félicité-Olympe de Jouval, she married on 11 April 1850 the lawyer Henri-Alexis Audouard (b. 2 May 1829).
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The couple separated in 1858, but was divorced only in 1885, shortly after the French divorce law (the "loi Naquet") had finally been passed on 27 July 1884. Audouard was the founder of the newspaper Le Papillon, one of only two feminist newspapers in France that supported Naquet's divorce laws.
Auteur(s): Mayer Frères et Pierson, photographe Date de production: Entre 1870 et 1890 Datation en siècle: 2e moitié du 19e siècle Type(s) d'objet(s): Photographie, Arts graphiques Dénomination(s): Photographie Matériaux et techniques: Tirage sur papier albuminé Dimensions -
Mayer Frères et Pierson, photographe
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• Name — Olympe Audouard • Birth Name — Félicité-Olympe de Jouval • Born — 13 March 1832 • Birthplace — Marseille, France • Died — 12 January 1890 • Occupation — feminist • Known for — demanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election; founder of the newspaper Le Papillon • Notable Works — L'Orient et ses peuplades
Selected works
Selected works
• Audouard, Olympe (1867). L'Orient et ses peuplades. Paris: E. Dentu.
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1832
Olympe Audouard born at Marseille.
1890
Olympe Audouard died at Nice.
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- 1.D'après la notice de personne du catalogue général de la BnF.
- 2.Olympe Audouard et le féminisme en question The French Review lien The French Review 69 1 1995 24-36 lire en .
- 3.Christine Bard et Sylvie Chaperon (Notice rédigée par Isabelle Ernot). Presses universitaires de France. 2017. 978-2-13-078720-4.
- 4.Article fr auteur1= Nécrologie. Madame Olympe Audouard Le Gaulois : littéraire et politique lien Le Gaulois (France) 2694 1890-1-13 3 lire en https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k527120d/f3.item.r consulté le=2018-5-5 .
- 5.Le Livre des courtisanes. Tallandier. 2006. 978-2-84734-344-1.
- 6.Article fr auteur1= Propos divers L’Univers lien L'Univers (journal) 8054 1890-01-23 1-2 lire en https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k706874g/f1 consulté le=2018-3-9 .
- 7.Voyage à travers mes souvenirs. É. Dentu. 1884.
- 8.Article fr auteur1= Nécrologie Le Petit Parisien : journal quotidien du soir lien Le Petit Parisien 4827 1890-1-15 3 lire en https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5155086/f3 consulté le=2018-5-5 .
- 9.Alep dans la littérature de voyage européenne pendant la période ottomane (1516-1918). Dar al-Mudarris & Dar Mardin. 2106.
- 10.Elle publie, peu après ces voyages, trois relations de voyages intitulées Les Mystères du Sérail et des Harems turcs (1863), Les Mystères de l’Égypte dévoilés (1865) et L’Orient et ses peuplades (1867).
- 11.Article français auteur1=Isabelle Ernot Olympe Audouard dans l’univers de la presse (France, 1860-1890) Genre & Histoire Printemps 2014 lire en https://genrehistoire.revues.org/1990 .
- 12.Ouvrage fr auteur1=Olympe Audouard opcit 348 lire en Google Livres NVgmDwAAQBAJ .
- 13.Article fr auteur1= La Vie parisienne Figaro : journal non politique lien Le Figaro 14 1890-1-14 2 lire en https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k281005g/f2 consulté le=2018-3-9 .
- 14.Article fr auteur1= Au pays de l’azur La France moderne : Littérature, sciences et arts contemporains 1890-1-23 lire en https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5604277x/f3 consulté le=2018-3-9 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Olympe. Éditions Vendémiaire. 2021. 978-2-36358-357-4.
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