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Thoumaian was born in [[Switzerland]] with the name Rossier de Visme. |
Thoumaian was born in [[Switzerland]] with the name Rossier de Visme. |
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She and her husband Reverend Professor Garabed Thoumanian were driven out of Armenia and they became exiles in Britain. There they organised an orphanage at Oakhurst<ref>http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol4/pp38-41#fnn96</ref> in [[Chigwell]] for Armenians in 1906.<ref name=wilpf>http://wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lucy-Engl.pdf</ref> In 1914 she published a manifesto for peace whose theme was "War is man-made, it must be woman undone". |
She and her husband Reverend Professor Garabed Thoumanian were driven out of Armenia and they became exiles in Britain. There they organised an orphanage and school at Oakhurst<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol4/pp38-41#fnn96|title=Chigwell: Schools {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref> in [[Chigwell]] for Armenians in 1906.<ref name=wilpf>http://wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lucy-Engl.pdf</ref> In 1914 she published a manifesto for peace whose theme was "War is man-made, it must be woman undone". |
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In 1915 Thoumaian traveled to [[The Hague]] where she represented Armenia at the [[Women at the Hague]] conference. She arrived on the 25 April 1915 which was just after the [[Armenian Genocide]] started. She was on the main panel at the conference. |
In 1915 Thoumaian traveled to [[The Hague]] where she represented Armenia at the [[Women at the Hague]] conference. She arrived on the 25 April 1915 which was just after the [[Armenian Genocide]] started. She was on the main panel at the conference.After the conference she stayed in the Netherlands until November. She was busy circulating material and despereate to get information on 30 relatives she last saw in Marsovan in Armenia.<ref name="wilpf" /> |
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After the conference she stayed in the Netherlands until November. She was busy circulating material and despereate to get information on 30 relatives she last saw in Marsovan in Armenia.<ref name=wilpf/> |
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After the war ended she was pushed forward by the WILPF to work for a League of Nations commission. She continued to work for justices for the victims of the genocide in Armenia. |
After the war ended she was pushed forward by the WILPF to work for a League of Nations commission. She continued to work for justices for the victims of the genocide in Armenia. |
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| Born | 1890 |
| Died | 1940 |
| Nationality | Armenian |
Lucy Thoumaian or Rossier de Visme (1890 – 1940) was an Armenian woman's rights and peace activist.
Life
Thoumaian was born in Switzerland with the name Rossier de Visme.
She and her husband Reverend Professor Garabed Thoumanian were driven out of Armenia and they became exiles in Britain. There they organised an orphanage and school at Oakhurst[1] in Chigwell for Armenians in 1906.[2] In 1914 she published a manifesto for peace whose theme was "War is man-made, it must be woman undone".
In 1915 Thoumaian traveled to The Hague where she represented Armenia at the Women at the Hague conference. She arrived on the 25 April 1915 which was just after the Armenian Genocide started. She was on the main panel at the conference.After the conference she stayed in the Netherlands until November. She was busy circulating material and despereate to get information on 30 relatives she last saw in Marsovan in Armenia.[2]
After the war ended she was pushed forward by the WILPF to work for a League of Nations commission. She continued to work for justices for the victims of the genocide in Armenia.
Thoumaian died in the United States of America in 1940.[2]
References
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- ^ "Chigwell: Schools | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ a b c http://wilpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lucy-Engl.pdf