Eugénie Luce
| Eugénie Luce | |
|---|---|
 Luce Ben Aben School, circa 1899 | |
| Born | 1804 |
| Died |
1882 Montrichard, France |
| Fields | Education |
| Institutions | Luce Ben Aben School (Luce's school for Muslim girls) in Algiers, Algeria |
Eugénie Luce (1804-1882) was a French educator. She moved to Algiers, where she founded the Luce Ben Aben School in 1845.
Biography
Eugénie Luce moved to Algiers in the 1830s, leaving behind her husband and family in France.[1]
Luce Ben Aben School
Eugénie Luce started the Luce Ben Aben School, in 1845.[2] It was the first Franco-Arab school for Muslim girls,[3] dispensing a European-style education. Girls learned French language and needlework, among other subjects. The school was funded by the French Algeria government until 1861, after which it became a trade school. They taught embroidery and other subjects in order to educate the girls in traditional Algerian crafts, at a time when these crafts were being replaced by machine-made imports.[4][5] These goods were exported throughout Algeria, as well as Europe and the United States.[2]
Later life
Luce would eventually return to Montrichard,[2] in France, where she died in 1882. After Luce died, her granddaughter Madame Ben-Aben continued to run the school until her own death in 1915.[4][6]
References
- ↑ Rogers 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rogers, Rebecca E. "Promoting the Welfare of Indigenous Women: Franco-Algerian Itineraries (1845-1915)". Workshop Papers. Berkshrie Conference of Women Historians. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ Rogers, Rebecca (1 January 2012). "A l'école arabe de Mme Luce" [At the Arab school of Mrs. Luce]. L'Histoire (in French) (371): 52. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Luce Ben Aben School of Arab Embroidery I, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ "Luce Ben Aben School of Arab Embroidery II, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899.
- ↑ Conybeare-Grezel, C (14 May 1981). "La scolarisation des filles musulmanes, une entreprise difficile" [The scolarization of muslim girls, a difficult enterprise]. L'Algerianiste (in French) (14). Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- Further reading
- Rogers, Rebecca (2013). A Frenchwoman's Imperial Story: Madame Luce in Nineteenth-Century Algeria. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804784313. Retrieved 26 September 2013.