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181 - THÉROIGNE DE MÉRICOURT Anne-Josèphe Terwagne, known as [, 1762 –, 1817], revolutionary leader, nicknamed “the Amazon of Liberty”; having come to the defense of the Girondins, she was flogged by the women of a club and went mad.
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THÉROIGNE DE MÉRICOURT Anne-Josèphe Terwagne, known as [, 1762 –, 1817], revolutionary leader, nicknamed “the Amazon of Liberty”; having come to the defense of the Girondins, she was flogged by the women of a club and went mad. Signed autograph letter addressed to Alphonse-Claude-Charles Perregaux, a prominent banker of the Revolution and the Empire. Paris, February 14, 1792; 1 page, small 8vo. Théroigne de Méricourt was one of the many women who frequently sought financial assistance from the banker, often asking him for money for herself and her family. “I ask Mr. Perregaux to sell, for my greatest benefit, a pair of bracelets, a diamond letter ‘C,’ and a gold case, which he retrieved from the Mont-de-Piété.”
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In Gratitude to Women in Literature—A Library Dedicated to Women's LiteratureAuction house
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