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workingclasshistory: “On this day, 4 September 1838, revolutionary and Paris Communard Victorine Brocher-Rouchy was born. She worked as an ambulance driver, and when the Commune was attacked she fought on the barricades during the bloody week and was...

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On this day, 4 September 1838, revolutionary and Paris Communard Victorine Brocher-Rouchy was born. She worked as an ambulance driver, and when the Commune was attacked she fought on the barricades during the bloody week and was sentenced to death for burning down the Court of Accounts. Thankfully she managed to escape to Switzerland and London, although her husband did not, and died in captivity. Over a decade later she remarried, and adopted five orphans of the Commune, and then remained active until the end of her life in 1921. This is her short biography: https://libcom.org/history/brocher-rouchy-victorine-1838-1921 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1202652939919854/?type=3

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