Jules Renard Quotes
I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.
Renard, Jules. The Journal of Jules Renard. Edited and translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget, George Braziller, 1964, p. 143.
In 1869 the all male legislature of Wyoming at the urging of legislator Col. William Bright passed legislation allowing women not only to vote but to hold public office. A local Justice of the Peace was so outraged that he resigned in protest. Then Esther Morris ran for the vacated position and won becoming the first woman to hold public office. See {585019} & {585018}
Pierre-Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Top, 1894) and Les Histoires Naturelles (Nature Stories, 1896). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking, 1898) and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne (A Week in the Country, 1912).