Olympe Audouard

Audouard Olympe, née Félicité - Olympe de Jouval ( born March 13, 1832 in Marseille, † January 12, 1890 in Nice ) was in the second half of the 19th century one of the most important representatives of the feminist movement in France.

She was the daughter of the lords of the castle of St. Julien ( Department Boucluse ). Your closed in Marseille on April 11, 1850 marriage to the notary Henri -Alexis Audouard but failed after a few years. The official divorce took place only in 1885.

In a myriad of presentations and publications, she devoted herself apart from general reforms in the civil legislation particularly the issue of divorce and the issue of equality for women.

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