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Mar 31, 1836 Tilff, Wallonia, Belgium Died on 08 Jul 1926 (aged 90)
Belgian educator, feminist and Walloon activist
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About Léonie De Waha
- Léonie Marie Laurence de Chestret de Haneffe, generally known as Léonie de Waha, (1836–1926) was a French-speaking Belgian feminist, philanthropist, educator and Walloon activist.
- She is remembered for her support of education for girls and young women and for establishing schools and libraries.
- In 1868, she founded the Institut supérieur libre de demoiselles, a girls' high school, in Liège, now known as the Athénée Léonie de Waha.
- As a result of her interest in promoting women's rights, in 1912 she established the Union des femmes de Wallonie which she headed until she died in 1926.
