Élisabeth Renaud

Élisabeth Renaud (August 8, 1846 – October 15, 1932), was a French teacher, socialist activist, and feminist.

Early life Catherine Émilie Renaud was born in Seloncourt (Doubs), August 8, 1846.

Activism Renaud took part in the national congress of the French Workers' Party in July 1897. following the death of Aline Valette. The GFS manifesto protested the "double oppression of women, exploited on a large scale by capitalism, subject to men by laws and especially by prejudice." GFS experienced some strife in the form of conflict between its two founders, who had had their differences from the beginning. Renaud's goals were conciliatory; she hoped to bridge the gap between socialism and bourgeois feminism. Saumoneau, on the other hand, hated the bourgeois feminists, feeling that they were irrevocably out of touch with the realities of the working class. In 1902, Renaud left the party.

In September 1899, in the middle of the Dreyfus affair, this group militated in favor of Alfred Dreyfus.

Élisabeth Renaud died in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, October 15, 1932.