Rolande Trempé

Rolande Trempé (31 May 1916 – 12 April 2016) was a French Resistance fighter and historian who completed the first thesis in labour history on the miners of Carmaux. She taught throughout her life and specialised in labour history, her research interests included Jean Jaurès and the miners of Carmaux. Trempé was also a liaison officer for the French resistance and a member of the Federal Bureau of the French Communist Party. Early life Rolande Renée Lucie Trempé was born on the 31st of May 1916 in Fontenailles. Her mother was an ironer and her father a baker and sergeant in the French army. In 1917, during the Second Battle of Verdun, her father disappeared and was never seen again. In 1940, she became a history and geography teacher in Charleville while continuing to pursue her studies at the Sorbonne.

In 1961, she helped create the journal Le Mouvement social and became a member of its editorial board. During the same year, she became assistant at the Faculty of Letters in Toulouse. Her funeral took place at the Père-Lachaise crematorium on 27 April. Tribute was also paid to her in July 2016 at Montpalach (Tarn-et-Garonne), the property she owned with her partner Andrée Dubos-Larouquette.

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