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Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre

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Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre
Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre (1976)
Born17 May 1924
Died4 January 2020(2020-01-04) (aged 95)
Sète, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Historian
Professor

Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre (17 May 1924 – 4 January 2020) was a French historian and professor of philosophy.[1] She served as general commissioner of Guides de France from 1953 to 1979.

Biography

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Cheroutre was born in 1924. She discovered Scouting just before World War II.

After she obtained a degree in philosophy, Cheroutre briefly worked as a teacher. She then moved to Paris became general commissioner of the Guides de France, summoned by Olave Baden-Powell, where she served from 1953 to 1979.[2]

In 1968, Cheroutre founded the National Council of Youth and Popular Education Associations (CNAJEP).[3]

On 21 October 1978, she published an article in Le Monde titled Éducation et mixité, which encouraged more girls to join Scouting.[4]

Cheroutre served as President of the National Council for Community Life (CNVA) from 1983 to 1993,[5] and she became a member of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council in 1984.[6]

Cheroutre obtained a doctorate degree in contemporary history in 2000 at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.[7]

Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre died on 4 January 2020 in Sète at the age of 95. She is set to be buried at Cimetière Marin, Sète on 8 January.[8]

Publications

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  • L’essor et l’avenir du bénévolat, facteur d’amélioration de la qualité de la vie, Paris, Direction des journaux officiels (1989)
  • Exercice et développement de la vie associative dans le cadre de la loi du 1er juillet 1901 (1993)
  • Le scoutisme : quel type d'hommes et quel type de femmes ? : quel type de chrétiens ? (1994)
  • Le scoutisme au féminin : histoire des Guides de France de 1923 à 1998 (2002)[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Notices et portraits". France. Parlement (1946- ). Conseil de la République (in French). 1985.
  2. ^ "Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre : « Le guidisme a aidé les femmes à prendre des responsabilités »". La Croix (in French). 27 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Comité pour les relations nationales et internationales des associations de jeunesse et d'éducation populaire (Cnajep)". CNAJEP (in French).
  4. ^ "Éducation et mixité". Le Monde (in French). 21 October 1978.
  5. ^ "M. Mattéoli à nouveau désigné au Conseil économique et social". Le Monde (in French). 12 September 1989.
  6. ^ "CP – Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre s'en est allée". Scouts Guides de France (in French). January 2020.
  7. ^ "Le scoutisme au feminin : les guides de france, 1923-1998". theses.fr (in French). 2000.
  8. ^ "Marie-thérése Cheroutre Avis de décès". Avis-de-Deces.com (in French). 4 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Marie-Thérèse Cheroutre, Le Scoutisme au féminin. Les Guides de France, 1923-1998". Clio (in French). 2002.
  10. ^ "Ne pleure pas jeannette". Libération (in French). 31 October 2002.