Maria Pognon
/Overview
Maria Pognon (née Rengnet) born Honfleur, France February 19, 1844 (d. 1925). French journalist; radical feminist, pacifist, and socialist. Co-founded International Union of Women for Peace, 1895; International Association of Journalist Friends of Peace, 1897. President, French League for Women (LFDF), 1893-1904.
Quotations
“[I]n the teaching of history educators ought to set forth the barbarity and injustice of wars and develop in their pupils an admiration of savants instead of great conquerors, violators of justice and right.” (International Women’s Congress, 1899, in Advocate of Peace, Nov. 1900, p. 218; photo parisenimges)