About Louise Popelin
Lived 1850 – 1937 (aged 86–87). Louise Popelin was a Belgian school teacher, pharmacist and women's rights activist.
Louise Popelin (11 April 1850 – 1937) was a Belgian pharmacist and feminist. She was one of the first women university students in Belgium, the first woman pharmacist in Belgium, and helped to set up the Ligue du droit des femmes (Belgian League for Women’s Rights) in 1892.
Early life and education Popelin was born on 11 April 1850 in Schaerbeek in Brussels. She was from a middle-class family and was one of four children. Popelin represented the League at the 1909 International Council of Women in Toronto.
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Who was Louise Popelin?
Belgian pharmacist
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Louise Popelin was born on 11 April 1850.
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Louise Popelin died in 1937.
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Louise Popelin was a school teacher, pharmacist and women's rights activist.
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Louise Popelin was Belgian.
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