Jeanne Chauvin was the second woman to obtain a degree in law in France, in 1890.
19 Facts About Jeanne Chauvin
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Jeanne Marie Marguerite Chauvin was born in Jargeau, Loiret, on 22 April 1862.
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Jeanne Chauvin's parents were Jean Cezary Chauvin, a notary, and Marie Emilie Leseur.
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Jeanne Chauvin's father died while she was a child, and the family moved to Paris.
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Jeanne Chauvin was the second woman to earn a law degree in France, at the Faculty of Law of Paris.
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Jeanne Chauvin obtained her degree in law on 18 July 1890, and her PhD in law on 2 July 1892 with a thesis titled "Historical Study of the professions open to women, the influence of Semitism on changes in the economic position of women in society".
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Jeanne Chauvin's scheduled defense of her thesis was disrupted by the protests of male students.
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Since the Belgian and French civil codes were so similar in wording Jeanne Chauvin expected to be refused.
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Jeanne Chauvin developed a manual on "Law Courses given in Paris girls schools".
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Jeanne Chauvin became involved in the Avant-Courriere association founded in 1893 by Jeanne Schmahl, which called for the right of women to be witnesses in public and private acts, and for the right of married women to take the product of their labor and dispose of it freely.
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On 24 November 1897 Jeanne Chauvin applied to enroll at the Paris Bar, and presented herself at the Court of Appeal of Paris to take the oath.
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Jeanne Chauvin began a campaign to change the law, aided by her younger brother Emile Chauvin, an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law and a Deputy of Seine-et-Marne.
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On 19 December 1900, thirteen days after Olga Petit [ referred to as Sonia Olga Balachowsky-Petit], Jeanne Chauvin took the oath before the Court of Appeal of Paris, the second woman to enter the legal profession in France.
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Jeanne Chauvin was followed by Marguerite Dilhan, who took oath in Toulouse on July 13,1903.
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Jeanne Chauvin spoke at the Second International Conference of Feminine Organizations and Institutions in June 1900.
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Jeanne Chauvin helped to organize the International Women's Rights congress of September 1900.
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On 21 January 1901 Jeanne Chauvin appeared before the 9th Chamber of the Criminal Court of the Seine.
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Jeanne Chauvin did not appear in court often, instead dedicating herself to teaching law to secondary school girls.
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Jeanne Chauvin died soon after, in Provins, Seine-et-Marne, on 7 September 1926.