Clemence Royer

Overview

Clémence Auguste Royer born Nantes, France April 21, 1830 (d. 1902). French feminist and pacifist, philosopher, scientific genius; active in International League of Peace & Freedom 1867; opposed conscription and standing armies in feminist journal La Fronde; condemned Boer War; insisted upon scientific education of women 1889.

Quotations

"If Europe wants to survive, instead of committing suicide, it had better prepare to defend itself against the anger of the world's peoples generated by British imperial conquests that turned proud peoples into servile colonies." (Sandi Cooper, von Suttner's Sisters, p. 7; photo Wikipedia)