Sophie Poirier (1830–1875) was a French seamstress and, during the
Paris Commune, a
communard. She started a seamstress co-operative with profit sharing during the
1870 Siege of Paris. It closed before the rise of the Commune. She chaired the
Montmartre Vigilance Committee during this time, where she worked with
Louise Michel. Poirier also founded the Boule Noire women's political club, which voted for the arrest of archbishop
Georges Darboy and the destruction of the
Vendôme Column
Vendôme (, ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune with 15,856 inhabitants (2019).
It is one of the main towns along the river Loir. The river divides itself at the ent ...
. After the fall of the Commune, Poirier was deported to a penal colony. She died in custody in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
in 1875.
References
Further reading
* ''
The Women Incendiaries
''The Women Incendiaries'' is a historical account of the role of women during the 1871 Paris Commune, written by French historian Édith Thomas. The book was first published in French in 1963 as ''Les Pétroleuses'' and translated into English ...
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1830 births
1875 deaths
19th-century French women
Communards
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