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Jouhaux

American  
[zhoo-oh] / ʒuˈoʊ /

noun

  1. Léon 1879–1954, French labor leader and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1951.


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Art was creeping up from the not-too-distant Haut Marais, including Galerie Chantal Crousel’s second Parisian exhibition space on the Rue Léon Jouhaux.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2011

He may change his mind, but if he does not, the likeliest leader is small, dark, shy Robert Bothereau, 51, a metal worker and longtime Jouhaux follower.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jouhaux had four adherents on the C.G.T.'s board of 13; Frachon had seven.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when war came, Jouhaux was a Frenchman after all.

From Time Magazine Archive

A red-hot anarcho-syndicalist risen from the factories, Jouhaux liked to boast that if war came, labor in all Europe would quench it by a general strike.

From Time Magazine Archive

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