Marie Léopold-Lacour

Marie Léopold-Lacour (née, Jourdan; also known as Mary Léopold Lacour; 6 January 1859 - 5 December 1942) was a French feminist activist, journalist, playwright, poet, and storyteller. She was a champion of mixed-gender schools. Lacour died in 1942.

Marie Leopold-Lacour
Born	Marie-Rachel Jourdan (1859-01-06)6 January 1859 Royan, France
Died	5 December 1942(1942-12-05) (aged 83) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation	feminist activist journalist playwright poet storyteller
Language	French
Nationality	French
Genre	opera libretto pantomime plays sketches non-fiction articles

Biography

Marie-Rachel Jourdan was born 6 January 1859, in Royan.^[1][2] She contributed to feminist journals such as La Fronde,^[3] founded by Marguerite Durand.

Wife of the feminist writer Léopold Lacour,^[4] she shared his passion for mixed-gender education. She spoke at the International Congress of Women of 1896, in Paris, chaired by Marie Bonnevial, describing the state of mixed-gender schools in Europe,^[5] and responding to the arguments of their opponents.^[2]

In Literature (Harper and Brothers, 1898), Léopold-Lacour's name was included on a list of potential members if an Academy of Ladies was formed in Paris, several meetings already having been held to deliberate on the scheme.^[6] She participated in the planning committee of the "Condition et Droits" Congress, September 1900.^[7]

Mary Leopold-Lacour died 5 December 1942, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.^[1]

Selected works

Opera libretto

• Vlasta, opera libretto, with Mrs. Paul Poirson^[2]
• Sylvain et Gaël, comic opera libretto, with Mrs. Paul Poirson^[2]

Pantomime

• L'Héritage de Pierrot, pantomime in 2 acts, performed in Paris, at the Théâtre de l'Application (Les Escholiers), 20 May 1892
• Le Rendez-vous ou Plus fort que la mort, pantomime, (Les Escholiers), c. 1895-1896
• Les Morts aimés, pantomime, (Les Escholiers) c. 1895-1896
• Nuit d'hyménée !, pantomime, (Les Escholiers), c. 1895-1896
• Don Juan aux enfers, ballet-pantomime in 1 act, music by Henri José, performed at the Casino de Paris, 29 November 1897
• La Chambre des aïeux, pantomime in 1 act, 10 scenes, published in Les Saisons, autumn 1921

Plays

• Un pauvre bûcheron, play in 1 act, published in La Pensée sur la Côte d'Azur, ca. 1923, and performed in Paris, at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, 20 December 1923

Sketches

• La Sérénade inutile, sketch published in La Pensée sur la Côte d'Azur, ca. 1929

Articles

• Mary Leopold Lacour, "Madame Gabrielle Réval", Femina, 1 October 1903, p. 685.^[8]