15 Facts About Marie Bonnevial

Marie Bonnevial was a French teacher and women's rights activist.

Marie Bonnevial became Grand Mistress of the Supreme Council of Le Droit Humain.

Marie Bonnevial was born on 28 June 1841 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire, to a poor family.

Marie Bonnevial was able to go to school, and under the Second French Empire she was a secular school teacher in Lyon.

In 1871 Marie Bonnevial joined the movement of the Paris Commune.

Marie Bonnevial agitated for the creation of a teachers' union.

Marie Bonnevial left the country and joined her aunt in Turkey, where she taught French to the children of the commercial bourgeoisie.

Marie Bonnevial became involved with various groups interested in spiritualism and literature.

Marie Bonnevial became active in the Ligue des droits des femmes, where she met Maria Deraismes and Clemence Royer.

Marie Bonnevial was in contact with many other masons, including Gabriel Persigoud in Bordeaux, with whom she campaigned for creation of a teachers' union.

Marie Bonnevial was among the women such as Marie Guillot, Maria Verone, Severine and Aline Valette who campaigned for women's right to vote, for reform of the civil code and for access by women to all topics of study and all professions.

Marie Bonnevial contributed to the feminist daily La Fronde, and by the start of the 20th century was a well-known feminist.

Marie Bonnevial was deeply involved in the Conseil national des femmes francaises and the Ligue francaise pour le droit des femmes.

Marie Bonnevial was head of Le Droit Humain from 1916 to 1918.

Marie Bonnevial was hit by a military ambulance on 4 December 1918 and died in the hospital at the age of 77.