Colette Reynaud

Colette Reynaud (1872–1965) was a French feminist, socialist and pacifist journalist. In 1917, she was the co-founder and director of the weekly newspaper La Voix des femmes (Women's voice).

Career Together with Louise Bodin, Reynaud founded the newspaper La Voix des femmes on October 31, 1917, to promote women's right to vote. Reynaud managed the newspaper while Bodin assumed the role of editor-in-chief, attracting the participation of celebrities such as Séverine, Madeleine Pelletier, Hélène Brion, Henri Barbusse, and Marcel Cachin. The newspaper was launched in the middle of the World War I in a context of repression, symbolized in November 1917 by the arrest of the teacher Hélène Brion, accused of defeatist propaganda.

From December 1, 1922, Reynaud attempted to publish the newspaper on a daily basis, with Noëlie Drous as editor-in-chief, but quickly gave up such frequency. It continued to appear until 1937. In 1930, Marguerite Durand referred to Reynaud as one of the "remarkable professionals" of women's journalism of her day, noting that she kept more to a management than to an editorial role.

The historian of socialism, Julien Chuzeville, thought that Reynaud was probably a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) when she joined the committee of the Third Communist International, adding that she undoubtedly was a member of the French Communist Party when it split in 1920. where she associated with Camille Chautemps, Marcel Huart, Aristide Quillet, and Alexandre Varenne.

Married to a doctor, Reynaud was the mother of two children.