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'''Germaine Degrond''' (3 June 1894 – 18 April 1991) was a [[France|French]] poet and politician, and a member of the [[French Resistance]] during the [[Second World War]]. |
'''Germaine Degrond''' (3 June 1894 – 18 April 1991) was a [[France|French]] poet and politician, and a member of the [[French Resistance]] during the [[Second World War]]. |
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Céline Victorine Degrond was born at [[Vernouillet]]; her father was an engineer who worked for the [[railway]] company [[Chemins de fer de l'Ouest]]. He was a political activist and close to the politician [[Henri Maurice Berteaux]]. Her mother, the former Victoire Michel, belonged to a family of Breton origin.<ref name="assemblee">{{cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/2228|title=Céline, Victorine dite Germaine Degrond|website=Assemblée nationale|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> |
Céline Victorine Degrond was born at [[Vernouillet]]; her father was an engineer who worked for the [[railway]] company [[Chemins de fer de l'Ouest]]. He was a political activist and close to the Radical politician [[Henri Maurice Berteaux]]. Her mother, the former Victoire Michel, belonged to a family of Breton origin.<ref name="assemblee">{{cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/2228|language=fr|title=Céline, Victorine dite Germaine Degrond|website=Assemblée nationale|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> |
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On 27 November 1915, she married Gustave Buray, and they had two children. They were divorced on 31 March 1933, and she continued to bring up the children on her own, while working as a secretary and shorthand-typist. She also wrote poetry, becoming a member of the [[Société des gens de lettres]], and articles for socialist and feminist magazines such as ''[[La Voix des Femmes]]''. She wrote a regular women's page for another such publication, ''Le Populaire''.<ref name="Knapp2007">{{cite book|author=A. Knapp|title=The Uncertain Foundation: France at the Liberation 1944-47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6eGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=27 June 2007|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-0-230-22290-8|pages=91–}}</ref> |
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A political activist from her early days, she became a member of the administrative commission of the [[French Section of the Workers' International]] (SFIO) in 1937. |
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A political activist from her early days, she was elected to the Comité National des Femmes Socialistes in 1931.<ref name="Knapp2007"/> She became a member of the administrative commission of the [[French Section of the Workers' International]] (SFIO) in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lours.org/archives/defaultca6b.html?pid=25|title=Germaine DEGROND|language=fr|website=L'Ours|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> |
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From October 1945 until November 1946 she was a member of the provisional government of the French Republic. From 1946 until 1955, and again from 1956 to 1958 she was a member of the [[Assemblée nationale]], representing the Socialists.<ref name="assemblee"/> |
From October 1945 until November 1946 she was a member of the provisional government of the French Republic. From 1946 until 1955, and again from 1956 to 1958 she was a member of the [[Assemblée nationale]], representing the Socialists.<ref name="assemblee"/> |
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In 1982 she was awarded the [[Légion d'Honneur]] by then prime minister [[Michel Rocard]], who praised her long history of dedication to the Socialist cause.<ref name="Knapp2007"/> |
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Germaine Degrond (3 June 1894 – 18 April 1991) was a French poet and politician, and a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Céline Victorine Degrond was born at Vernouillet; her father was an engineer who worked for the railway company Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. He was a political activist and close to the Radical politician Henri Maurice Berteaux. Her mother, the former Victoire Michel, belonged to a family of Breton origin.[1]
On 27 November 1915, she married Gustave Buray, and they had two children. They were divorced on 31 March 1933, and she continued to bring up the children on her own, while working as a secretary and shorthand-typist. She also wrote poetry, becoming a member of the Société des gens de lettres, and articles for socialist and feminist magazines such as La Voix des Femmes. She wrote a regular women's page for another such publication, Le Populaire.[2]
A political activist from her early days, she was elected to the Comité National des Femmes Socialistes in 1931.[2] She became a member of the administrative commission of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1937.[3]
From October 1945 until November 1946 she was a member of the provisional government of the French Republic. From 1946 until 1955, and again from 1956 to 1958 she was a member of the Assemblée nationale, representing the Socialists.[1]
In 1982 she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by then prime minister Michel Rocard, who praised her long history of dedication to the Socialist cause.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Céline, Victorine dite Germaine Degrond". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b c A. Knapp (27 June 2007). The Uncertain Foundation: France at the Liberation 1944-47. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-230-22290-8.
- ^ "Germaine DEGROND". L'Ours (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2018.