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Louise Koppe
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'''Louise Koppe''', officially Catherine Laurence Koppe, was a 19th-century French feminist writer and journalist, and the founder of France's first [[maternity home]]. She was born on May 4th, 1846<ref>[https://ift.tt/2NbZWMe Archives de Paris, acte de mariage n°10 dressé au 1er arrondissement le 10/01/1865 avec Louis Armand Rétoux, vue 6 / 21] </ref> in the [[former 4th arrondissement of Paris]] and died on May 31, 1900 in the [[19th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2CfqQPK? Archives de Paris, acte de décès n°1550 dressé le 01/06/1900, vue 3 / 31] </ref>
==Biography==
[[File:Père-Lachaise - Division 90 - Koppe 10.jpg|thumb|right|Koppe's grave at [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris (Division 90)|150px]]
Koppe was born into a modest familty. Her father was a tailor and her mother died when Koppe was aged 8. Koppe was raised in a boarding school in the [[Oise]] department. At the age of 18, she married Louis Armand Rétoux, with whom she had five children. She experienced the 1871 [[Paris Commune]] at the age of 20 and met author [[Victor Hugo]] and discovered his literature with emotion, which certainly influenced her social commitment.<ref name=":0"></ref>
In 1894, Koppe joined the [[Masonic lodge]] ''[[Le Droit Humain]]'' that was founded in 1893. She was one of the first feminist members of the lodge.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In 1878, she took part to the [[International Congress of Women's Rights]] in Paris. She enjoyed writing and founded several newspapers in which her poems, articles and theater plays were published. Maternity is a recurring theme in Koppe's work. In 1879, she founded the newspaper ''La Femme de France'' that became ''La Femme dans la famille et dans la société'' and then ''La Femme et l'enfant'' in 1882.<ref name=":0" />
Louise Koppe died in May 1990. Her three daughters Angèle, Mathilde and Hélène-Victoria kept developing her work.<ref></ref>
==Maternity home==
In 1891, Koppe founded the first [[maternity home]] on in Paris, to host children of mothers in distress.<ref></ref>
In 1930, a silent short film was shooted by anonymous [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]] employees to present the home.<ref></ref>
==Published works==
* ''La Femme de France : journal littéraire et scientifique''; Louise Koppe (ed.), 1st year, n°1 (2 August 1879) - n°11 (11 October 1879)
* ''La Femme dans la famille et dans la société'', 1st-3rd years, 1880-82, Paris
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2JpnWdw La Maison Maternelle]
[[Category:21st-century French women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century French journalists]]
[[Category:French women journalists]]
[[Category:French feminist writers]]
[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1900 deaths]]
[[Category:Writers from Paris]]
[[Category:Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery]]
October 27, 2019 at 04:59AM
