Lucy Thoumaian | |
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Born | Rossier de Visme 1890 |
Died | 1940 |
Nationality | Armenian |
Known for | Pacifism, women's rights |
Spouse | Rev. Prof. Thoumaian |
Lucy Thoumaian or Rossier de Visme (Armenian: Լյուսի Թումայան; 1890 – 1940) was an Armenian woman's rights and peace activist. Driven out of Armenia she helped create a school in Chigwell for orphaned Armenians. She published a manifesto for peace before she attended the Women at the Hague conference in 1915. Afterwards, she began working for the League of Nations.