Daniel-Lesueur’s childhood and family

Born on March, 6th 1854 in the Batignolles (a suburb absorbed within Paris municipality in 1860), she spent her childhood and adolescence in Paris and England. The death of her father and the resulting financial difficulties for her family was a painful experience for her. She gave up her …

A woman of compassion and action

Daniel-Lesueur has always been a woman of action, always committed and devoted, always listening carefully her female contemporaries. She created or took part during her life in several important charities. She was a great philanthropist, a committed but balanced feminist, a patriot full of life who devoted her literary …