Henriette Sauret (after marriage, Sauret-Arnyvelde; 1890-1976) was a French feminist author, and

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

pacifist Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence. Pacifists generally reject theories of Just War. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaign ...

journalist. As a feminist literary critic, her comments were less favorable about other feminist pacifist books than other experienced reviewers.

Biography

Henriette Sauret was born in 1890. Her father was

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. Henriette married the journalist André Arnyvelde. Sauret was a contributor to ', and ''

La Fronde The Fronde () was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. King Louis XIV confronted the combined opposition of the pr ...

'', as well as a regular political contributor to ''

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'', Her poetry was published in ''L'œil de veau''. In 1918 and again in the following year, Sauret published two volumes of war-related poetry, (Diverted Strengths) and (Love in Gehenna), whose theme was the deleterious impact that war has on women. Along with

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and Andre Mariani ( Marie-Louise Bouglé's husband), Sauret was associated with the . She was also a member of the

French Union for Women's Suffrage The French Union for Women's Suffrage (UFSF: french: italic=no, Union française pour le suffrage des femmes) was a French feminist organization formed in 1909 that fought for the right of women to vote, which was eventually granted in 1945. The Un ...

. She was referred to as a radical feminist when in 1919, she spoke about bobbed women's hair as "a gesture of independence; a personal endeavor". Henriette Sauret died in 1976.

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dedicated his ''Observations d'un imbécile (Moi)'' to Sauret.

Selected works

* ''Je respire'', 1913 * ''Les forces détournées, 1914-1917'', 1918 * ''L'amour à la géhenne : poème'', 1919 * ''Isadora Duncan, impératrice errante'', 1928 * ''Le Laurier de la vallée'', 1933 * ''Une apôtre sociale: Marie-Louise Bouglé'', 1938 * ''Des Roses! Poésie d' Henriette Sauret''

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