Leonie Rouzade

Overview

Léonie Rouzade (née Camusat) born Paris, France September 6, 1839 (d. 1916). French feminist, socialist, writer of utopian novels.

Quotations

"Peace is the true right and interest of woman; having been prevented in participating in fighting, she can never be accused of cowardice." (1878 Int. Congress of Friends of Peace, in Sandi Cooper, Patriotic Pacifism, p. 52)

"If one gets rights for killing men, one should get more rights for having created humanity." (Bock & Thane, "Maternity and Gender Policies." European Journal of Women's Studies, Nov. 1995)