Marie-Louise Puech

Overview

Marie-Louise Puech Milhau born Castres, France July 5, 1876 (d. 1966). French feminist; pacifist. Specialist in German studies. Editor of La Paix par le Droit, journal of Association pour la Paix par le Droit (“The Association of Peace Through Law”), during WWI. General secretary (and later president) of Union Féminine Française pour la Société des Nations, 1920. Attended Carrie Chapman Catt’s Fifth Conference on Cause & Cure of War, 1930. Vice-president of Association of Peace Through Law, 1947. Helped rescue Jewish refugees in France during WWII. (photo tampow3945.com)