Léon, Pauline (1758–?)
Léon, Pauline (1758–?)
French revolutionary and feminist. Born in Paris, France, 1758; death date unknown; dau. of a chocolate manufacturer; m. (Jean) Théophile Leclerc, Nov 1793.
Joined the Jacobin Société des Cordeliers (1791) and was chosen to speak at the National Assembly where she sought approval for a women's militia; was one of the principle founders of Women's Republican Revolutionary Society (Société des Révolutionaries Républicaines), becoming its president (1793).
See also Women in World History.
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