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Alice Milliat (1884-1957) was a French sports activist. She played a major role in the promotion and development of women's sport in the early 20th century, seeing sport as a lever for women's emancipation, striving for gender equality and even encouraging sportswomen to campaign for women's suffrage. President of the Fémina Sport club in 1915, she was one of the founders of the Fédération des sociétés féminines sportives de France in 1917, becoming its president in 1919. She campaigned for women's participation in the Olympic Games, and when the IOC refused, decided to organize the Games herself. On Sunday August 20, 1922, 20,000 people packed the stands of the Pershing stadium in the Bois de Vincennes to watch the first official competition modelled on the Olympic Games. Such was the success of the second event, held in Sweden in 1926, that the IOC finally authorized women to take part in official athletics events at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. By 1930, a wave of conservatism had overtaken the women's emancipation movement that had been underway since the 1920s. Although the Games were a real success and the FSFI counted more and more affiliated countries, the international adventure had to come to a halt after 1934, due to a lack of resources and government support. Alice Milliat, then aged 52, retired from the public eye. No newspaper mentioned her death in Paris on May 19, 1957. Even her name was not inscribed on her tombstone in the Nantes cemetery until 2019. As a symbol, since March 8, 2021, a statue of Alice Milliat has stood in the hall of the National Olympic Committee in Paris, alongside that of Pierre de Coubertin. Eric Florand Silhouettes of female athletes adorn the background of the stamp (running, javelin throwing) and the outline of the sheet (shot put, running, hurdle jumping, running, rowing), including, bottom left, Alice Milliat rowing. On the left, a text evoking the 1922 games initiated by Alice Milliat.
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Création : Eloïse Oddos. Timbre : photo akg-images (portrait), d'ap. photo agence Rol (javelot), DR. Contour feuille : d'ap. photos Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet (athlètes), agence Rol (aviron), DR.
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Commercialisation start date
May 6, 2024
Commercialisation end date
May 31, 2025
Adherence type
Gummed
Printing technique
Heliogravure
Number per sheet
15
Permanent value
Face value
1.29 €
Philatelic charter family
Philatelic program stamp
Official release date
May 6, 2024
Stamp format
Feuille : 143 x 185 mm, Timbre : 40,85 x 30 mm
author
ODDOS Éloise
Product number
1124015
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