Germaine Degrond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Germaine Degrond

French politician

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1894

Place of Birth: Vernouillet, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1991

Profession: politician, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Germaine Degrond

  • Germaine Degrond (3 June 1894 – 18 April 1991) was a French poet and politician, and a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. CĂ©line Victorine Degrond was born at Vernouillet; her father was an engineer who worked for the railway company Chemins de fer de l'Ouest.
  • He was a political activist and close to the Radical politician Henri Maurice Berteaux.
  • Her mother, the former Victoire Michel, belonged to a family of Breton origin.On 27 November 1915, she married Gustave Buray, and they had two children.
  • They were divorced on 31 March 1933, and she continued to bring up the children on her own, while working as a secretary and shorthand-typist.
  • She also wrote poetry, becoming a member of the SociĂ©tĂ© des gens de lettres, and articles for socialist and feminist magazines such as La Voix des Femmes.
  • She wrote a regular women's page for another such publication, Le Populaire.A political activist from her early days, she was elected to the ComitĂ© National des Femmes Socialistes in 1931.
  • She became a member of the administrative commission of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1937.
  • She described herself as proud to represent women, mothers and housewives, because she was one of them.
  • Her political activities continued while she organised local Resistance efforts in the Seine-et-Oise region.After the war, Degrond was responsible for setting up a women's section of the CFIO.
  • From October 1945 until November 1946 she was a member of the provisional government of the French Republic.
  • From 1946 until 1955, and again from 1956 to 1958 she was a member of the AssemblĂ©e nationale, representing the Socialists.In 1982 she was awarded the LĂ©gion d'Honneur by then prime minister Michel Rocard, who praised her long history of dedication to the Socialist cause.

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