Germaine Poinso-Chapuis | |
|---|---|
 Germaine Poinso-Chapuis in 1947 | |
| Minister for Public Health and Population | |
| In office November 1947 – July 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Prigent |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Schneiter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1901 Marseille |
| Died | 20 February 1981 Marseille |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Popular Republican Movement |
| Domestic partner | Henri Poinso |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (6 March 1901, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône – 20 February 1981[1]) was a French politician.[2] She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government.[3] Her political convictions have been characterized as bearing the influence of both Catholic and feminist traditions.[4]
- ^ "Germaine POINSO-CHAPUIS" (in French). Assemblee Nationale de France. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Gehler, Michael; Wolfram Kaiser (2004). Christian democracy in Europe since 1945. Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 0-7146-8567-4.
- ^ Current Biography Yearbook. Vol. 10. H W Wilson. 1949. p. 499.
- ^ Antomarchi, V (1998). "Germaine Poinso-Chapuis : une politique familiale entre catholicisme social et féminisme = Germaine Poinso-Chapuis: a family policy between social catholicism and feminism". Recherches et prévisions (in French). 53: 45–58. doi:10.3406/caf.1998.1827. ISSN 1149-1590.