215 - MICHEL, Louise [Vroncourt-la-Côte, 1830 – Marseille, 1905], schoolteacher, writer, anarchist activist, French Freemason, feminist, and one of the leading figures of the Paris Commune, during which she was involved both politically and militarily by joining the ranks of the National Guard.

MICHEL, Louise [Vroncourt-la-Côte, 1830 – Marseille, 1905], schoolteacher, writer, anarchist activist, French Freemason, feminist, and one of the leading figures of the Paris Commune, during which she was involved both politically and militarily by joining the ranks of the National Guard. Signed autograph letter addressed to Mr. Winter or Mr. Rouennet (a colleague of Clemenceau at the newspaper *La Justice*). February 8, 188; 1 page, in-4° format. She asks them to publicize her book *Les crimes de l’époque*, which has just been published. “There is absolutely no mention anywhere of the poverty from which I stand to gain nothing, having sold the copyright a few years ago.”