Florence Montreynaud (born ) is a French feminist.

Biography

Montreynaud was born in 1948. Her mother was a painter and her father was an engineer. She currently lives in Paris, and previously lived in the department of

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

. In 1970 she gained a diploma from the

Paris Institute of Political Studies , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

after gaining a degree and

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in Russian. In 1971, she joined the

Women's Liberation Movement The women's liberation movement (WLM) was a political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism that emerged in the late 1960s and continued into the 1980s primarily in the industrialized nations of the Western world, which effected great ...

and Family PlanningClaudine Mainville, " «Le féminisme au Québec est une source d'inspiration formidable…" – Florence Montreynaud, ", le Courrier, 29 novembre 2014 in Paris. She launched the petition which led to the opening of the Family Planning Centre in

Senlis Senlis () is a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hautes de France. The monarchs of the early French dynasties lived in Senlis, attracted by the proximity of the Chantilly forest. It is known for its Gothic cathedral and other ...

. She participates in many conversations regarding sexuality in ''

lycées In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

'' and universities with Family Planning.

References

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