Evelyne Sullerot
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Évelyne Sullerot, née Hammel, (born October 10, 1924, in Montrouge
, France
) is a French feminist. She was awarded Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
and Grand-Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite
for her feminist combat.
From a Protestant family, she was the daughter of André Hammel and Georgette Roustain. Her father, a doctor, made one of the first pyschiatric clinics in France. He was Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Her mother died of hunger and cold at Valence
station in 1943. Both, very religiously committed to Protestantism socially and politically, were given the posthumous title of Righteous among the nations
, for having saved eleven Jews during the German occupation.
Évelyne Hammel, during her year of philosophy, was arrested then judged in Nîmes
by the Vichy police force for "antinational propaganda and hostile remarks about the Head of the State" (Pétain). Returning to the German zone of occupation, she entered the resistance and joined the OCMJ (Military and Civilian Organization of Young People). She married François Sullerot, with whom she would later have four children. Evelyne Sullerot is the cousin of the resistant Elisabeth Rioux-Quintenelle and the great niece of one of the initiators of the feminist movement in France, Louise Massebiau-Compain.
Montrouge
Montrouge is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the center of Paris, France. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French feminist. She was awarded Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
and Grand-Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Ordre National du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
for her feminist combat.
From a Protestant family, she was the daughter of André Hammel and Georgette Roustain. Her father, a doctor, made one of the first pyschiatric clinics in France. He was Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Her mother died of hunger and cold at Valence
Valence, Drôme
Valence is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, south of Lyon on the railway to Marseilles.Its inhabitants are called Valentinois...
station in 1943. Both, very religiously committed to Protestantism socially and politically, were given the posthumous title of Righteous among the nations
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
, for having saved eleven Jews during the German occupation.
Évelyne Hammel, during her year of philosophy, was arrested then judged in Nîmes
Nîmes
Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
by the Vichy police force for "antinational propaganda and hostile remarks about the Head of the State" (Pétain). Returning to the German zone of occupation, she entered the resistance and joined the OCMJ (Military and Civilian Organization of Young People). She married François Sullerot, with whom she would later have four children. Evelyne Sullerot is the cousin of the resistant Elisabeth Rioux-Quintenelle and the great niece of one of the initiators of the feminist movement in France, Louise Massebiau-Compain.
Fight for Feminism
- In 1955, she proposed along with the gynaecologist Marie-Andrée Weill-Halle to found an organisation to promote birth controlBirth controlBirth control is an umbrella term for several techniques and methods used to prevent fertilization or to interrupt pregnancy at various stages. Birth control techniques and methods include contraception , contragestion and abortion...
. This would be the Maternité Heureuse, which became the French Movement for Family Planning two years later.
- Thereafter she wrote many successful feminist works.
- In 1967, at the Université Paris X Nanterre, she created the first course in the world based on studies devoted to women: the place of women in political life, while passing by Sociology and Women in the Workplace.