Marguerite Mongenast-Servais
Marguerite Mongenast-Servais (1885-1925), was a Luxembourg women's rights activist.
She was married to the engineer and engaged in several progressive associations, among them the anti-monarchist « Action républicaine ». She was also a member of the women's rights organization « Organisation pour les Intérêts de la femme ». There was never any organized women suffrage movement in Luxembourg: women suffrage was introduced in 1919 without any debate, as a part of the project of the new democratic constitution, and the women's rights organizations mainly focused on educational opportunities. However, in 1917-1919, Marguerite Thomas-Clement belonged to the few who spoke in favor of women suffrage in public debates through articles in the press.
References[]
- Baden, Jeff, 2012. Eng aussergewéinlech Fra. D'Marguerite Mongenast-Servais - "eine hochgebildete, energische junge Dame". Virgestallt vum Germaine Goetzinger, Directrice vum CNL. Die Warte 11/2361: 2, 22. Mäerz 2012.
- 1885 births
- 1925 deaths
- Women's rights activists
- Luxembourgian feminists
- 19th-century Luxembourgian people