Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre

Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre (pen names, Jehan des Etrivières and la mère Marthe; 1846–1915) was a French violinist, feminist, nurse and writer, who is remembered for attempting to overturn legislation prohibiting women from wearing trousers and for a fencing duel she had with an American woman.

As Jehan des Etrivières, in 1882 she published Les Amazones du siècle, ridiculing a number of feminists including Hubertine Auclert, Eugénie Potonié-Pierre and Léonie Rouzade.

Under the pen name Jean Misère, she wrote the patriotic Le Retour de l'exilé, telling the story of a Parisian soldier returning from Sedan.

[5] As early as 1880, she began work on a number of feminist issues, including an attempt to overturn legislation preventing women from wearing trousers.

At a well attended public meeting of the League on 3 February 1891, a motion was adopted calling on all theatre directors and newspaper and journal editors to ensure that women's salaries were equal to those for men on the basis of same work, same pay.

[11][12][13] Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre was played by Doria Tillier in the French film Une affaire d'honneur(2023) directed by Vincent Perez and released in English with the title The Edge of the Blade.