Germaine Degrond
Germaine Degrond (3 June 1894 – 18 April 1991) was a French poet and politician, and a member of the
Biography
Céline Victorine Degrond was born at
On 27 November 1915, she married Gustave Buray, and they had two children. They were divorced on 31 March 1933, and she continued to bring up the children on her own, while working as a secretary and shorthand-typist. She also wrote poetry, becoming a member of the Société des gens de lettres, and articles for socialist and feminist magazines such as La Voix des Femmes. She wrote a regular women's page for another such publication, Le Populaire.[2]
A political activist from her early days, she was elected to the Comité National des Femmes Socialistes in 1931.[2] She became a member of the administrative commission of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1937.[3] She described herself as proud to represent women, mothers and housewives, because she was one of them.[4] Her political activities continued while she organised local Resistance efforts in the Seine-et-Oise region.[5]
After the war, Degrond was responsible for setting up a women's section of the CFIO.
Awards
In 1982, she was awarded the
References
- ^ a b "Céline, Victorine dite Germaine Degrond". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-230-22290-8.
- ^ "Germaine DEGROND". L'Ours (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-134-98458-9.
- ISBN 978-2-84276-031-1.
- ISBN 978-0-230-22290-8.
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