Zulma Carraud

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Zulma Carraud
Portrait of Zulma Carraud and her son Ivan
BornEstelle Zulma Tourangin-Courant[1]
(1796-03-24)24 March 1796
Issoudun, France
Died24 April 1889(1889-04-24) (aged 93)
Paris, France
Resting placeNohant-en-Graçay, France
OccupationAuthor
Notable worksLa Petite Jeanne ou le devoir
Maurice ou le travail

Zulma Carraud (24 March 1796 – 24 April 1889) was a French author. She is best known for her children's books and textbooks particularly La Petite Jeanne ou le devoir and Maurice ou le travail.

Early and family life

Carraud was born on 24 March 1796 in

Nohant to live with her brother due to financial troubles in the 1850s.[3] Carraud died in Paris on 24 April 1889 at the age of 93.[1]

Career

After moving to Nohant, Carraud volunteered as a country doctor and as a teacher at a rural school from 1852 until 1868.[1] She began writing books and textbooks for children in rural areas after struggling to get proper books while she was a teacher. She wrote books aimed specifically at children from peasant families and their parents and was one of the first children's authors to focus on main characters that were not from noble, bourgeois or working-class families.[3]

Her first book, La Petite Jeanne ou le devoir was published in 1852 and was aimed at girls. Her second book, aimed at boys, was called Maurice ou le travail and was published in 1853.

Archbishop of Paris. Between 1864 and 1920, both books sold over 400,000 copies and were used in many schools to teach children from rural backgrounds both reading[3] and middle-class values with clearly defined gender roles.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Zulma Carraud". Les Bibliothèques de Châteauroux (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-1-58465-944-0
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    ISBN 9781438421520
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    ISBN 9781135871949
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