Paule Tricheux

Paule Tricheux (c. 1880 – 1960) was a French seamstress, resistance fighter, and anarchist activist. She first participated in anarchist groups, then took part in an anarchist experiment in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, before joining the Resistance and working to ensure the survival of the French and Spanish anarchist communist movements during the Nazi Occupation. At the end of the war, she actively contributed to the reconstruction of the movement.

Biography Born in Roubia, in the Aude region, around 1880, Paule Fabre was a seamstress and laundress. In 1919, she returned to France from Cuba with her partner

After the Francoist coup and the Spanish social revolution, the activist began by raising funds for anarchists. She then joined Puigcerdà, where she took part in organizing an anarchist experiment in the town. Notably, she helped women in the community take on greater responsibilities and move beyond traditionally gendered roles. In June 1937, Tricheux was arrested along with her entire family by communists and remained in detention for six months.

She died on 9 August 1960, in Toulouse.