Houry, Anna |
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BORN 18 Jun 1831, Lyon - DIED 12 Nov 1906, Paris: 12e BIRTH NAME Gouhenant, Anastasie GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 80, avenue Circulaire, ligne 01 (Moiroux: N-6)) |
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Anna Gouhenant was the daughter of the painter Adolphe Gouhenant (1804-1871), who abandoned his family to live in Texas. On 5 October 1853 she married the painter Charles Houry. She was a member of the Société pour l’amélioration du sort des femmes (Society for the Improvement of the Condition of Women) together with Stella Blandy, Hubertine Auclert and Maria Deraismes. In the late 1880s she was involved in Fourierism with her husband. She supported a statue for Charles Fourier and was present when it was inaugurated. In 1903 she wrote an article in "La Rénovation" in which she called for equal rights for men and women and specifically asked for women's right to vote. She died in 1906 in Paris. Family • Husband: Houry, Charles (1853-1898) |
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 The grave of Charles Houry at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (08 Feb 2025) |
Sources • Anna Houry - Wikipédia (FR) |
