Olympe Audouard
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Died12 January 1890 (aged 57)
Occupationfeminist
Knownfordemanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election;
founder of the newspaper Le Papillon
founder of the newspaper Le Papillon
Olympe Audouard | |
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| Born | Félicité-Olympe de Jouval 13 March 1832 |
| Died | 12 January 1890 (aged 57) |
| 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 work | L'Orient et ses peuplades |
| Spouse |
Henri-Alexis Audouard
(m. 1850; div. 1885) |
Olympe Audouard (13 March 1832 – 12 January 1890)[1] was a French feminist who demanded complete equality for women, including the rights to vote and to stand for election.
Born in Marseille as Félicité-Olympe de Jouval, she married on 11 April 1850 the lawyer Henri-Alexis Audouard (b. 2 May 1829). 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.[2] Audouard was the founder of the newspaper Le Papillon, one of only two feminist newspapers in France that supported Naquet's divorce laws.[3]
