Victoire Léodile Béra was a French novelist, journalist and feminist. She took the name of André Léo, her two twin sons' names.
André Léo
The Passerelle André Léo in Paris
Elisabeth Dmitrieff was a Russian revolutionary and feminist activist. The illegitimate daughter of a Russian aristocrat and a German nurse, she had a comfortable upbringing but was marginalized withi
Elisabeth Dmitrieff photographed by Alphonse Liébert in 1871
Modest Mussorgsky, one of Dmitrieff's teachers, in 1865
Dmitrieff read the magazine Russkoye Slovo (Русское слово).
Paris Commune: "Call to Female Workers" of 18 May 1871, signed by Dmitrieff, among others