Félicie Erpelding-Schlesser

Félicie Erpelding-Schlesser (27 May 1883 – 6 January 1970) was a Luxembourgish municipal politician. She was the first female member of the municipal council of Ettelbruck and vice-president of the Association of Municipal Councillors of the Worker's Party.

Biography Erpelding-Schlesser was born on 27 May 1883 in Oberfeulen, Luxembourg. Her parents were schoolteacher Peter Schlesser and his wife Margaretha Schlesser .

In 1905, Erpelding-Schlesser married the locomotive driver François Erpelding [ lb] in Hollerich. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1920 to 1940, firstly for the Kartell Party and secondly for the Workers' Party (the forerunner of Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party She was re-elected in 1924

To celebrate the occasion of the centenary of universal suffrage, a bronze sculpture of Erpelding-Schlesser exercising her right to vote was unveiled in Ettelbruck in 2021. The statue was made by Nadine Zangarini and commissioned by the National Council of Women in Luxembourg.