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Antoinette Fouque

French psychoanalyst (1936–2014)

Antoinette Fouque (born Antoinette Grugnardi; 1 October 1936 – 20 February 2014) was a French psychoanalyst who was involved in the French women's liberation movement. She was the leader of one of the groups that originally formed the French Women's Liberation (MLF), and she later registered the trademark MLF specifically under her name.²

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Born Oct 1, 1936, died Feb 20, 2014.¹

About

She helped found the publishing house Éditions des Femmes (Women's Editions) as well as the first collection of audio-books in France, Bibliothèque des voix (Library of voices). Her position in feminist theory was primarily essentialist, and heavily based in psychoanalysis. She helped author Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices (2013), a biographical dictionary about creative women.

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Companies

Éditions des FemmesFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedAix-Marseille University (1896-1971)³
Date not recordedÉcole pratique des hautes études³
Date not recordedUniversity of Paris³

Career

Occupation: politician, teacher, publisher, psychoanalyst, women's rights activist.⁷

1994 to 1999Member of the European Parliament⁶
Date not recordedWorked at University of Paris⁴
Date not recordedFounded Éditions des Femmes⁵

Personal life

BornOct 1, 1936, Marseille⁸
DiedFeb 20, 2014, 5th arrondissement of Paris⁹
CitizenshipFrance¹⁰

Politics

Antoinette Fouque ran for the European elections of 1994 on the list Énergie radicale (Radical Energy) led by Bernard Tapie.

A radical left-wing member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999, she joined the PES Group and sits on the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Civil Liberties and Women's Rights (Vice-President)

In 2007, she called for a vote for Ségolène Royal, in a text published in Le Nouvel Observateur, "against a right wing of arrogance", for "a left of hope".

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Awards

2010Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit¹¹
1999Officer of the Legion of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedCommander of the Legion of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedCommander of the National Order of Merit¹¹
Date not recordedCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎¹¹

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WikidataAntoinette Fouque: Member of the European Parliament, on Wikidata
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WikidataAntoinette Fouque: Official website, on Wikidata
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WikidataAntoinette Fouque: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataÉditions des Femmes, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsAntoinette Fouque photo by European Parliament Multimedia Centre, European Parliament