Joséphine Marchais
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Joséphine Marguerite Marchais, née Rabier, was a French day labourer who was an active participant in the Paris Commune in 1871. Arrested while carrying weapons, she was condemned to death. Her senten
Joséphine Marchais in 1871-1872.
Léontine Suétens
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Léontine Suétens was a laundress and a communard. She was convicted in the trial of the "pétroleuses", which began 3 September 1871.
Joséphine Marchais
…remain at the barricade when he wanted to desert. She was arrested carrying weapons and red scarves, along with Élisabeth Rétiffe, Eulalie Papavoine and Léontine Suétens. She denied the charges, saying that she had only been near the barricade because she had been carrying laundry for the troops, but she was sentenced…
Portrait of Léontine Suétens by Ernest-Charles Appert at the Chantiers prison at Versailles