Severine

Overview

Séverine (née Caroline Rémy de Guebhard) born Paris, France April 27, 1874 (d. 1929). French journalist, radical feminist, pacifist, anarchist and human rights advocate; opposed World War I and conscription; worked for rights of Algerian women; called Europe her fatherland; "Queen of the Dreyfusards" against anti-Semitism; led denunciation of Armenian massacre.

Quotations

"I am always on the side of the poor, in spite of their mistakes, in spite of their crimes." (portrait by Renoir, Wikipedia)