Caroline de Broutelles
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| Born | Caroline Mathilde Elisa de Broutelles 19 April 1865 El Biar, Algiers, French Algeria |
| Died | 14 June 1940 (aged 75) Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Notable awards | Legion of Honour, 1925 |
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Caroline de Broutelles (married name Reymond; 19 April 1865 – 14 June 1940), also known as C. de Broutelles and Comtesse de Broutelles, was a French journalist and founder of the women's magazines La Mode Pratique, La Vie Hereuse, and Le Conseil des Femmes.[1][2][3]
Early life
De Broutelles was born Caroline Mathilde Elisa de Broutelles on 19 April 1865 in El Biar, French Algeria (present-day Algeria) to Ernest de Broutelles, a Lieutenant commander, and Marie Louise Saunier.[1][2]
Career
Caroline de Broutelles founded La Mode Pratique in 1891.[4] La Mode Pratique was a women's magazine, publishing content such as fashion plates, patterns, and recipes.[5]
In 1902, she founded La Vie Heureuse with La Mode Pratique's publisher Hachette, likely in an attempt to compete with the newly established Femina.[5] While at the magazine, she jointly founded the women's literary prize Prix Vie Heureuse in 1904.[6] The prize was founded by de Broutelles and 21 other female writers, including Julia Daudet, Jeanne Mette, Juliette Adam, and Séverine in response to their frustration with the Goncourt Prize, which they thought was unfairly biased against women with its all-male jury, undemocratic, and excluded poetry.[7]
The prize later became Prix Femina following the magazine Femina's sale to Hachette and merger with La Vie Heureuse in 1917. The prize continues to be awarded annually and decided by an all-female jury.
In 1925, De Broutelles was awarded the Legion of Honour.[1]
Personal life
On 15 May 1889, De Broutelles married the Swiss artist Maurice Reymond[8][9], who took her last name, becoming Maurice Reymond de Broutelles. Together they had two sons.
On 14 June 1940, De Broutelles died in Hauts-de-Seine aged 75.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 "REYMOND Caroline Mathilde Elisa". Base Léonore (in French). Archives Nationales. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Caroline de Broutelles (1865–1940)". data.bnf.fr. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Anonyme (1907), Le Prix "Vie heureuse", Hachette et Cie, pp. 8–9, archived from the original on 17 February 2025, retrieved 31 December 2025
- ↑ Charpy, Manuel (31 December 2018). "Revue pratique". Tracés. Revue de Sciences humaines (in French) (#18): 49–67. doi:10.4000/traces.8893. ISSN 1763-0061.
- 1 2 Mesch, Rachel (2013). Having It All in the Belle Epoque: How French Women's Magazines Invented the Modern Woman. Redwood City: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-8713-0.
- ↑ Spencer, Erika Hope. "Research Guides: France & French Collections at the Library of Congress: Prix Femina: English Translations". guides.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Anonyme (1907), Le Prix "Vie heureuse", Hachette et Cie, p. 1, archived from the original on 19 February 2025, retrieved 31 December 2025
- ↑ "Caroline Mathilde Elisa de Broutelles". État-Civil 1792–1902; 08e arrondissement; 1889; Mariages. Paris: Archives de Paris. 1889.
- ↑ "Le Matin : derniers télégrammes de la nuit". Gallica. 19 May 1889. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Family tree of Caroline Mathilde Élisa de BROUTELLES". Geneanet. Retrieved 31 December 2025.