Léon Richer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léon Richer

French feminist

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1824

Place of Birth: L'Aigle, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1911

Profession: journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Léon-Pierre Richer (1824 – 25 June 1911) was a French free-thinker, freemason, journalist and feminist who worked closely with Maria Deraismes during the early years of the feminist movement in Paris.
He edited Le Droit des femmes (Women's Rights), a feminist journal that appeared from 1869 to 1891.
He was founder of the Ligue française pour le droit des femmes (French League for Women's Rights), one of the main feminist organizations in France in the 1880s.
However, Richer was concerned that women were not sufficiently educated in republican principles, and that giving them the vote could cause a clericalist and monarchist reaction and the loss of democracy.