Cécile Brunschvicg

Cécile Brunschvicg
Cécile Brunschvicg in 1920.
Undersecretary of State for national education of France
In office 5 June 1936 – 21 June 1937
President	Albert Lebrun
Prime Minister	Léon Blum
Preceded by	Henri Guernut indirectly
Succeeded by	Léo Lagrange
Personal details
Born	Cécile Kahn July 19, 1877(1877-07-19) Enghien-les-Bains, France
Died	October 5, 1946(1946-10-05) (aged 69) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality	French
Political party	PRS
Spouse(s)	Léon Brunschvicg

Cécile Brunschvicg ([sesil bʁœ̃svik]), born Cécile Kahn (19 July 1877, Enghien-les-Bains – 5 October 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French feminist politician.

She was born into a Jewish middle-class, republican family. Her familial environment was not inclined to let women study, especially not when they were over 17. Already a "liberated" woman (for the time), it was her meeting, and subsequent marriage to, Léon Brunschvicg, a feminist philosopher and member of the Ligue des droits de l'homme, that spurred her to feminist activism; she became vice-president of the League of Electors for women's suffrage.

She was named Undersecretary of State for national education in the first Léon Blum government.

Sources

• (French)Biography at the University of Angers

Persondata
Name	Brunschvicg, Cécile
Alternative names	Kahn, Cécile
Short description	French politician
Date of birth	1877-07-19
Place of birth	Enghien-les-Bains, France
Date of death	1946-10-05
Place of death	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France