Maria Deraismes [SEP] place of death
Maria Deraismes
Maria Deraismes (17 August 1828 – 6 February 1894) was a French author and major pioneering force for women's rights.
Biography.
Born in Paris, Maria Deraismes grew up in Pontoise in the city's northwest outskirts. From a prosperous middle-class family, she was well educated and raised in a literary environment. She wrote several literary works and soon developed a reputation as a very capable communicator. She became active in promoting women's rights.
In 1866 a feminist group called the
Maison Galignani, a retirement home in Neuilly-sur-Seine which had been established with an endowment from the will of the publisher William Galignani. She remained there until her death in 1902.
Feminism and "La Fronde".
Royer attended the first International Congress on Woman's Rights in 1878 but did not speak. For the Congress in 1889 she was asked by Maria Deraismes, to chair the historical section. In her address she argued that the immediate introduction of women's suffrage was likely to lead to an