Hubertine Auclert, a leading French feminist and…

Hubertine Auclert, a leading French feminist and a campaigner for women's suffrage, publishes the first issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne on February 13, 1881.

Appearing bi-monthly, the newspaper will be a forceful and unrelenting advocate for women's enfranchisement, demanding changes to the Napoleonic Code that relegates women to a vastly inferior status.

The newspaper demands that women be given the right to run for public office, claiming that the unfair laws would never have been passed had the views of female legislators been heard.

Notable feminists such as Marie Bashkirtseff will write articles for the paper.