Caroline de Broutelles


Caroline de Broutelles was a French journalist and founder of the women's magazines La Mode Pratique, La Vie Hereuse, and Le Conseil des Femmes.

Career

Caroline de Broutelles founded La Mode Pratique in 1891. La Mode Pratique was a women's magazine, publishing content such as fashion plates, patterns, and recipes.
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. While at the magazine, she jointly founded the women's literary prize Prix Vie Heureuse in 1904. 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.
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.

Personal life

De Broutelles was born to naval captain Ernest Broutelles and his wife Louise Saunier in 1865. She was born in El Biar, Algeria.
On 15 May 1889 she married the Swiss artist Maurice Reymond, who took her last name, becoming Maurice Reymond de Broutelles. Together they had two sons.