Hubertine auclert biography

Hubertine Auclert () was a militant French activist for women’s suffrage in a nation that feared women’s involvement in politics: The Third Republic.

Hubertine auclert biography

In she founded the society for the Rights of Women (Société le droit des femmes) that supported equal women&#;s suffrage; , the organization formally changed its name to Women&#;s Suffrage Society (Société le suffrage des femmes), which was popular in more liberal and socialist circles across the country, but did not gain large national following, because of its militant strategy.

Auclert was born in the Allier département in the Auvergne area of France into a middle-class family.

Her father died when she was thirteen years old and her mother sent her to live and study in a Roman Catholic convent. As a young girl she planned to become a nun but left the convent at age Estranged from her mother, she lived with her uncle for a time but had to return to the convent a few years later.

In , she left the convent for good and moved to Pa