Hélène Solomon-Langevin

Hélène Solomon-Langevin (25 May 1909 – 16 January 1995) was a French politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament.

Biography Solomon-Langevin was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses in 1909, the daughter of physicist Paul Langevin. She married Jacques Solomon, who began working with his new father-in-law. Both men were involved in the French Communist Party (PCF) and Solomon-Langevin became a member of the World Committee of Women against War and Fascism. Having become members of the French Resistance, the couple were both arrested during 1942; Jacques was killed by firing squad in May, while Hélène was imprisoned in the Fort de Romainville. She was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1943 in Convoi des 31000,

She was a PCF candidate in Seine's first district in the October 1945 elections to the National Assembly. Placed third on the PCF list, she was one of 33 women elected, and became a member of the National Education Commission.