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Hi my name is Dan Ruckus. I have been a freemason since 2012 and a shriner since 2015. I am researching Women in freemasonry and want to make the information I have found more accessible to others who are also studying the subject. I formatted it using AI to have a basic structure to build from. I am willing to cite all sources. Some of these women already have pages I am just hoping to add more connections here. I'm not a writing professional, just an electrician who loves history. Thank you for your time!

Eugénie Potonié-Pierre (1844–1898)

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Full Name Eugénie Potonié-Pierre

Born 1844

Died 1898

Known For French feminist, socialist; credited with coining the term "feminism"

Masonic Affiliation Associated with feminist and socialist circles connected to Freemasonry

Biography

Eugénie Potonié-Pierre was a primary school teacher, feminist, and socialist who joined the Société pour l'Amélioration de la Condition des Femmes (Society for the Improvement of Women's Condition) in the 1870s. She served as secretary and wrote for the organization's publication Le Droit des femmes.

Activism and Coining "Feminism"

In 1880, together with Léonie Rouzade, Marie Durham, and Léon Richert (a journalist and Freemason of the Grand Orient of France), she founded the Union des Femmes (Union of Women).

Potonié-Pierre served as secretary of the committee for the International Congress of Women's Rights in 1892 and 1896. In her speech at the 1896 International Congress in Berlin, she credited herself and her French feminist colleagues with coining the term "feminism".

With her partner, activist Edmond Potonier-Pierre, she fought for the liberation of exiled communards, campaigned for women's suffrage, worked against poverty, and advocated for reduced military spending.

Masonic Connections

While Potonié-Pierre's own Masonic affiliation is not documented in lodge records, she worked closely with Léon Richert, a prominent Freemason of the Grand Orient of France, and her feminist activism intersected with Masonic reform movements of the period.

Sources for Wikipedia Riga Museum of World Freemasonry, "Eight Women" (2024) https://masonicmuseum.eu/news/eight-women.html

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