co-founder and director of the weekly newspaper La Voix des femmes
Colette Reynaud (1872–1965)[1] was a French feminist, socialist and pacifist journalist. In 1917, she was the co-founder and director of the weekly newspaper La Voix des femmes (Women's voice).
From December 1, 1922, Reynaud attempted to publish the newspaper on a daily basis, with Noëlie Drous as editor-in-chief, but quickly gave up such frequency. It continued to appear until 1937.[5] In 1930, Marguerite Durand referred to Reynaud as one of the "remarkable professionals" of women's journalism of her day, noting that she kept more to a management than to an editorial role.[6]
After the war, Reynaud became a member of the committee of the French branch of the Women's League Against War, then served as secretary of the Union populaire pour la paix universelle (People's Union for Universal Peace). In 1926, she co-founded the Ligue d’action féminine (Women's Action League) to push for the immediate acceptance of women's suffrage under the leadership of Marthe Bray.[5]