21 Facts About Jane Misme

Jane Misme founded the feminist journal La Francaise, published from 1906 to 1934, and was a member of the executive of the French Union for Women's Suffrage and the National Council of French Women.

Jane Misme became a journalist when she was about thirty years old, writing from 1896 to 1906 in newspapers such as Le Figaro, Le Matin and the Revue de Paris.

Jane Misme's articles covered subjects such as the social roles of women in the past, and the new careers open to women.

Jane Misme was drama critic for La Fronde and L'Action from 1899 to 1905.

In October 1901 Misme wrote in an article on "the conception of women in French theater" for La Fronde,.

Jane Misme launched La Francaise the next year, to fill the gap.

Jane Misme was president of the Press, Letters and Arts section of the CNFF and delegate to the presidency of the Press, Letters and Arts section of the International Council of Women.

Jane Misme was vice-president of the UFSF from 1909 to 1935.

Jane Misme stayed with the UFSF, which had 12,000 members by 1914.

Jane Misme thought these women were harming the suffrage cause, since women's valiant effort during the war would be used to justify giving the vote to women after the war had ended.

Jane Misme was personally opposed to abortion, but urged her readers to use her correspondence page to debate the issues, and published a wide range of views from both men and women.

Jane Misme rejected the concept that the woman was a "shamed" victim, and called on women to bear and love their children.

Jane Misme held the maternalist view that mothers and children always deserved help and respect.

Jane Misme questioned how the foster parents would treat them if they suspected their origin.

Jane Misme published letters that insulted her, accused her of siding with the Germans and even called her a German spy.

Jane Misme wrote an extensive article on La Guerre et le role des femmes in the November 1916 issue of La Revue de Paris.

Jane Misme noted that the French feminist societies had suspended their pacifist activities.

Jane Misme continued as an active and opinionated journalist after the war.

Jane Misme thought that the war had accelerated a change that was already happening in the way single women were viewed.

Jane Misme often published short biographies of suffragists in La Francaise and Minerva, creating a useful resource for historians of the women's movement in France.

Jane Misme wrote a series of articles on "The Great Figures of Feminism" for Minerva.