Pétroleuses

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title: Pétroleuses
text: Pétroleuses were, according to popular rumours at the time, female supporters of the Paris Commune, accused of burning down much of Paris during the last days of the Commune in May 1871. During May, when Paris was being recaptured by loyalist Versaillais troops, rumours circulated that lower-class women were committing arson against private property and public buildings, using bottles full of petroleum or paraffin which they threw into cellar windows, in a deliberate act of spite against the gov
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description: French revolutionary female arsonists
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9troleuses
date created: 2005-11-05T06:27:12Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T22:23:22Z
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