Léonie de Waha
Léonie de Waha is a pedagog, feminist, Belgian philanthropist and militant Walloon born with Liege on March 31st 1836 and died in Liege July 8th 1926.
She proclaimed opinion liberal, democratic, tolerant and believing. Marry of the baron Victor of Waha of Baillonville, which dies four years after their marriage, at the 31 years age, it sets up libraries at Chênée and Esneux, makes build working houses.
The burgomaster of Liege, Jules d' Andrimont, asks him to found a college for young girls and creates street Hazinelle a Institute of higher learning of young ladies (1868), that the Town of Liege will manage as from 1878, become then the Lycée of Waha . To the Institute of higher learning of young ladies , the teaching of each worship is given by a priest of this religion, with the possibility of being exempted about it. The bishop of Liege will dispute this teaching step under pretext of not admit that a catholic priest, Pasteur even a rabbi work under the same roof. He will go until excommunicating the people who agree with the operation of this college. Its successor will raise excommunication.
Léonie de Waha encouraged the " Djônes Walons" Authors;. It founded the Union of the Women of Wallonia in order to encourage the awakening of the policy issues at the Walloon ones. Léonie de Waha took part in the first Walloon Congresses, in particular that of 1913 which adopted the principle of a semi-official assembly representative of the Walloon people as well as a national flag with the participation of a majority of deputies and senators Walloon.
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