Maria Vérone | |
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![]() Maria Verone | |
Born | Paris, France | 20 June 1874
Died | 4 May 1938 Paris, France | (aged 63)
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Faculty of Law (Sorbonne) [1] |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Attorney, Suffragist |
Maria Vérone (1874–1938) was a French feminist and suffragist. A free-thinker, [2] she was the president of the Ligue Française pour le Droit des Femmes (French League for Women's Rights) or LFDF, from 1919 to 1938. [3]
Vérone was born on June 20, 1874, in Paris, France. [1] She served as secretary at the International Congress of Freethinkers when she was 15 years old. In 1903 she became the first woman to plead before French appeals court. [4] She supported herself as a teacher, but was dismissed for her political opinions and unionizing activities. [5] [1]
Vérone became a reporter for the French feminist newspaper La Fronde, which was published by Marguerite Durand. [5] Her journalism on legal and judicial matters led to her interest in becoming a lawyer. In 1907 Vérone, a single mother of two, was admitted to the French bar. [1]
Vérone served as president of Ligue Française pour le Droit des Femmes for 20 years. [3] [4]
Vérone died on May 24, 1938, in Paris. [1]
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