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Louise Weiss

French journalist, writer, feminist & politician (1893-1983)

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Born
January 25, 1893
Died
May 26, 1983
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1893

About Louise Weiss

Louise Weiss was a French author, journalist, feminist, and European politician. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 and for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974. From 1914 to 1918, she worked as a war nurse and founded a hospital in the Côtes-du-Nord. In 1945, she founded the Institute for Polemology (research on war and conflict) together with Gaston Bouthoul in London. During World War I, she published her first press reports under a pseudonym.

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Louise Weiss timeline

  1. From 1914 to 1918, she worked as a war nurse and founded a hospital in the Côtes-du-Nord.
  2. In 1945, she founded the Institute for Polemology (research on war and conflict) together with Gaston Bouthoul in London.
  3. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 and for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974.

The world when Louise Weiss was born

Louise Weiss was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Louise Weiss's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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