Louise Pioger

Louise Pioger
Pioger's mugshot by Alphonse Bertillon in 1894
Born(1848-06-19)June 19, 1848
Mezières-sous-Ballon, France
DiedDecember 9, 1920(1920-12-09) (aged 72)
Garches
Other namesLouise Quitrine, Quitrine
OccupationsSongwriter, seamstress
Known forAnarchist activism, Paris Commune
PartnerLouis Duprat (1890s-?)

Louise Pioger, also known as Louise Quitrime (or Quitrine), was born on (1848-06-19)June 19, 1848, in Mezières-sous-Ballon, France, and died on (1920-12-09)December 9, 1920 in Garches. She was a woman laborer in the clothing and textile industry. She made waistcoats and was also an anarchist author and communard active with Women in the Paris Commune. She is known for her nursery rhymes book titled Rondes pour récréations enfantines, which was for a long time wrongly attributed to Louise Michel.

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