Alice Jouenne

Alice Jouenne ( Stein; 14 August 1873 – 10 January 1954) was a French educator and socialist activist. During the interwar period, Jouenne focused on education, pacifism, and feminism. She was one of the founders of (New Education in France).

Early life and education Alice Stein was born in Chamagne (Vosges) on 14 August 1873. Of Alsatian origin, her parents fled the German occupation after the Franco-Prussian War which saw Alsace come under German rule.

Career Her first appointment to a teaching position was in Badonviller where she worked for several years before moving to a private Parisian institution. Jouenne published the pamphlet (Women and Cooperation). Jean Jaurès' French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) organized a pacifist demonstration against the (Three Year Law). Three women made speeches at the event: Jouenne, Louise Saumoneau and Maria Vérone.

That year, Jouenne helped to establish the children's newspaper, , becoming a contributor. Jouenne was in the GDFS for ten years, during which time she joined Freemasonry's Le Droit Humain. She was also a journalist for L'Humanité and secretary to Marcel Cachin, director of the newspaper, until 1920 when she did not follow him in his change of direction linked to the Third International.

Death Alice Jouenne died in Paris on 10 January 1954.

Selected works La Femme et la Coopération, 1911 Les Appels du coeur chez l'institutrice, 1925 Les idées de Madame Fleury, 1926 Une expérience d’éducation nouvelle, l’école de plein air, 1927 L'enfance et la coopération, 1929