Démar, Claire (1800–1833)

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Démar, Claire (1800–1833)

French feminist and essayist. Name variations: Claire Demar. Born 1800 in France; drowned herself with lover Perret Delessart, 1833.

Working-class writer associated with Saint-Simonian feminists, expressed radical views on sexual liberation of women; wrote 2 radical feminist works, Appel d'une femme au peuple sur l'affranchissement de la femme (1833) and Ma loi devenir (1834); her published works and correspondence collected in Textes sur l'affranchissement de la femme (1976).