Adélaïde Valentin
Adélaïde Valentin, also known as Colonel Valentin, was a labourer and communard. She was, during the last month of the Paris Commune, the colonel of the Federated Legion of Women. Adélaïde Valentin participated in the founding of the in April 1871 and became a delegate to the Central Provisional Committee. Present in political clubs, in particular the one at Saint-Éloi in the 12th arrondissement, from 10 May she directed the Federated Legion of Women, a women's military organization charged with finding deserters. Few traces of her life have been preserved, with the exception of records of her virulent speeches in the clubs, where she exhorted women to participate in the defence of the Commune. These were remarked upon by her contemporaries, in particular, the anti-communard observer Paul Fontoulieu. Details of her life after the Commune are unknown. Biography Very few details of her life are known, in particular nothing outside of her actions during the Paris Commune ...
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