Marcelle Capy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcelle Capy

French activist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1891

Place of Birth: Cherbourg, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1962

Profession: journalist, anarchist, trade unionist, peace activist, feminist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Marcelle Capy is the pseudonym adopted by Marcelle Marquès (1891–1962), a French novelist, journalist, feminist and militant pacifist.
She published a number of works from 1916 to 1950, all devoted to her interest in pacifism.
She is remembered in particular for her award-winning Des hommes passèrent (Men Passed By), published in 1930.
As a journalist, she contributed to many papers, especially La Vague which she co-founded in 1918.
In the early 1930s, she was an active member of the Ligue internationale des combattants de la paix (International League of Fighters for Peace).