- Élisabeth Dmitrieff
Elisabeth Dmitrieff (
1 November ,1851 ,Volok -1910 or 1918) was aRussia n-bornfeminist and actress of the 1871Paris Commune . Born Elisaviéta Loukinitcha Koucheleva, she was a co-founder of theWomen's Union , created on 11 April, 1871, in acafé of therue du Temple , withNathalie Lemel .Life
Elisabeth Dmitrieff was the daughter of a
Tsar ist official François Bodinaux, Dominique Plasman, Michèle Ribourdouille. " [http://www.femmesprevoyantes.be/NR/rdonlyres/E9B8FF14-B989-404F-A844-DB71B8D98326/0/PETROLEUSESDEFVERSIONFPS.doc On les disait 'pétroleuses'...] " fr icon] . She was active in her youth in the Socialist circles ofSaint Petersburg . In 1868, she travelled toSwitzerland , and co-founded the Russian section of theFirst International . Delegated to London, she metKarl Marx there, who sent him in March 1871, aged 20, to cover the events of the Commune.Dmitrieff finally became an actress of these events, founding with
Nathalie Lemel theWomen's Union on 11 April, 1871. She dedicated herself especially to political questions and the organisation ofcooperative workshops .Elisabeth Dmitrieff participated to the Socialist newspaper "La Cause du peuple". After having fought on the
barricade s during theBloody Week , she fled to Russia. Once arrived in her native country, she married apolitical prisoner in order to help him avoid death penalty, and decided to follow him indeportation inSiberia , where she ended her days .Commemoration
The
3rd Arrondissement 's municipal council decided on 27 March 2006 to give her name to a little square, between the rue du Temple and the rue de Turbigo (close-by to thePlace de la République ) [ [http://www.mairie3.paris.fr/mairie3/download/CA/CA_2006//CA060327.pdf Municipal council decision of 27 March 2006] fr icon] . The square Elisabeth Dmitrieff was inaugurated on 8 March, 2007, for theInternational Women's Day , along with the squares Nathalie Lemel andRenée Vivien (in the same arrondissement).References
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Feminism in France External links
* [http://www.aleph99.org/hor/sbher.html "Héroïnes révolutionnaires russes du XIXe siècle, images, stéréotypes, mythes, pour quelles histoires?"] , by Sylvie Braibant, "mémoire" of History DEA at the
École des hautes études en sciences sociales , 1992 fr icon
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