Madeleine Pelletier

Overview

Madeleine Pelletier born Paris, France May 18, 1874 (d. 1939). French internationalist and pacifist; anarcho-socialist, radical feminist; physician and pioneering psychiatrist. Opposed World War I; advocate of peace education. Founded magazine La Suffragiste, 1907. Died in asylum where she was held for giving abortions to poor women.

Quotations

"The natalists believe in a barbarian form of birth control—war." (Claudine Mitchell, "Pelletier", Feminist Review, Autumn 1989, p. 94; photo aphgcaen.free.fr)