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.
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]
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
^Mesch, Rachel (3 July 2013). "Notes to Chapter 2". Having It All in the Belle Epoque: How French Women's Magazines Invented the Modern Woman. Stanford University Press. p. 211. ISBN978-0-8047-8713-0. Retrieved 15 January 2022.