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.
Portrait of Léontine Suétens by Ernest-Charles Appert at the Chantiers prison at Versailles
Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871.
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870