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 Louise Michel
France
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She rebelled against poverty and injustice
from childhood.
As a schoolmistress in 1850, she starts in
Haute-Marne, then in Paris, private schools
with an innovative teaching.
She frequents republicans and Victor Hugo,
writes articles in opposition newspapers and
militates in favor of women rights.
During "la commune de Paris", she is called
the Red Virgin. She struggles to feed her pupils
and to attend wounded persons. She finally
mixes with the fighters.
On December 1871, she is sentenced to
transportation in Neo-Caledonia where she
encourages the canaque rising.
Amnestied in 1880, she alternates lectures,
books, articles and poems' writing, and
imprisonment periods. She then enjoys
a huge popularity.
Worth reading: Contes et Légendes, Mémoires, A travers la vie, la Commune, Histoire et Souvenirs.
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