Martha Desrumaux (18 October 1897 - 30 November 1982) was a militant communist and a member of the French Resistance.
Martha Desrumaux was born on October 18, 1897, in Comines in France.[1] She was an emblematic figure of the workers' movement and the French internal resistance. A trade union activist of the General Labor Confederation and member of the French Communist Party, she joined the resistance in the North. Deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp for more than three years, in 1945 she was appointed delegate representing the deportees in the Consultative Assembly convened by General de Gaulle, becoming one of the first sixteen parliamentary representatives in France1,2. She is also known for her commitment to the defense of women's rights, their recognition and their emancipation in society.
^Outteryck, Pierre (2006). Martha Desrumaux: Une femme du Nord, ouvrière, syndicaliste, déportée, féministe. Le Geai Bleu éditions. p. 40. ISBN978-2914670524.
^Tillack-Graf, Anne-Kathleen (2012). Erinnerungspolitik der DDR. Dargestellt an der Berichterstattung der Tageszeitung "Neues Deutschland" über die Nationalen Mahn- und Gedenkstätten Buchenwald, Ravensbrück und Sachsenhausen. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. p. 64. ISBN978-3-631-63678-7.
Further reading
Outteryck, Pierre (2006). Martha Desrumaux: Une femme du Nord, ouvrière, syndicaliste, déportée, féministe. Le Geai Bleu éditions 2006. ISBN 978-2914670524
Tillack-Graf, Anne-Kathleen (2012). Erinnerungspolitik der DDR. Dargestellt an der Berichterstattung der Tageszeitung „Neues Deutschland“ über die Nationalen Mahn- und Gedenkstätten Buchenwald, Ravensbrück und Sachsenhausen. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2012. ISBN 978-3-631-63678-7
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