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French Women and The Resistance Movement of WWII

French Women and The Resistance Movement of WWII. Why?. Many factors Food stamps Counter-culture. Who?. Previous political experience Social Class Most married women were drawn in by their husbands from the beginning. . What gave them an edge. The fact that they were female

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French Women and The Resistance Movement of WWII

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  1. French Women and The Resistance Movement of WWII

  2. Why? • Many factors • Food stamps • Counter-culture

  3. Who? • Previous political experience • Social Class • Most married women were drawn in by their husbands from the beginning.

  4. What gave them an edge • The fact that they were female • Younger men would draw attention

  5. What they did on the home front • Houses could have been used for stocking arms or as a post box. • Took care of injured soldiers

  6. Actively Involved • Some women chose to be actively involved. • Intelligence agents • Took in and helped save the lives of Jewish children and other refugees. • Infiltrating the Gestapo. • Luring German officers.

  7. Work for the Préfecture • Forgery of vital Documents • Intelligence agents • Collection of information

  8. Women in Combat

  9. Compagnie Saint-Just • Madeleine Riffaud • ArmeSecréte • Limoges • Lyon

  10. Groupes-Francs Of Marseille • Madeleine Baudoin

  11. Bertie Albrechet • Organized women to help families whose members were in prison. • Came to be known as COSOR (Comité des Oeuvres Sociales de la Résistance)

  12. Pearl Witherington • Born in France • Courier for the French Resistance • Was a British Subject

  13. Olga Bancic

  14. MélinéManouchain

  15. France Bloch-Sérazin • Chemist

  16. Fanny Dutet and Betty Jegouzo • Carried Guns

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