Marguerite Pichon-Landry (1877–1972) was a French feminist who was president of the National Council of French Women from 1932 to 1952.
Marguerite Pichon-Landry in 1913
Etats généraux du féminisme 1929. Pichon-Landry is in light suit in the front row, center.
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1927
National Council of French Women
The National Council of French Women is a society formed in 1901 to promote women's rights.
The first members were mainly prosperous women who believed in using non-violent means to obtain rights by presenting the justice of the cause.
Issues in the first half century included the right to vote, legal equality between husband and wife, paternal child support, social support for children, equal employment opportunity, equal pay for equal work and acquisition of citizenship on marriage. The National Council of French Women is affiliated with the International Council of Women (ICW). Now the oldest of French feminist organizations, it continues to work for causes related to the rights of women.
Sarah Monod, first president of the CNFF
Julie Siegfried, second president
Avril de Sainte-Croix
Etats généraux du féminisme, Paris, 1929