thérèse léa maryvonne gabrielle alphen-salvador (1856–1920) was a french philanthropist, feminist suffragist and pacifist. from the 1890s she was active in the women's movement, becoming one of the founders of the national council of french women ("conseil national des femmes françaises") in 1901 and later participating in the french union for women's suffrage "(union française pour le suffrage des femmes)". she is remembered above all for helping to establish the "école professionnelle d'assistance aux malades", france's first school for nurses. as the institution's president from 1900 to 1920, she was instrumental in its further development.