Jane Valbot

Octavie Adèle Constantine Hasse (, 25 January 1884 – 23 June 1961), better known by the pseudonym Jane Valbot, was a French pacifist, suffragist and women's rights activist.

Biography Valbot was born on 25 January 1884 in Craonne, France. She was the daughter of labourer Julie Cornat and factory worker Elisée-Julien Evrard. She married Paul Hasse on 11 November 1902 in Paris. She campaigned under the pseudonym Jane Valbot. In February 1932, she chained herself to a Senate bench, leading to the suspension of the session. A section of the chain is held in the collection of the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris (BHVP).

Valbot died on 23 June 1961 in Méry-sur-Oise, France, aged 77.