Marguerite Lebrun

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Marguerite Lebrun
Marguerite Lebrun in February 1940.
Spouse of the President of France
In role 10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940
President	Albert Lebrun
Preceded by	Blanche Doumer
Succeeded by	Michelle Auriol (1947)
Personal details
Born	Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Nivoit (1878-10-12)October 12, 1878 Mézières, Ardennes, France
Died	October 25, 1947(1947-10-25) (aged 69) Paris, France
Spouse(s)	Albert Lebrun ​ ​ (m. 1935; died 1947)​

Marguerite Lebrun (October 12, 1878 - October 25, 1947) was the wife of Albert Lebrun, who was President of France from 1932 to 1940. She was a right wing activist and the founder of École des parents ("Parents School") in 1929, an education movement in France.^[1]

During her husband's presidency, Lebrun was "an outspoken supporter of traditional roles for women."^[1] She was also a journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Vérine.^[2]

Together Lebrun and her husband had two children: son Jean Lebrun and daughter Marie Lebrun.^[3] Jean Lebrun married Bernadette Marin, the daughter of a retired army captain, in the town hall in Rambouillet, France, on 17 October 1932.^[4]

She was the "godmother" of the legendary ocean liner SS Normandie and the ship Paul Doumer, named for the previous French president.^[5]

She wrote God, Work, Family, and Fatherland in 1941.^[2]

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