Madame Sorgue

Madame Sorgue
Born
Antoinette Cauvin

1864
DiedFebruary 8, 1924[1]
Political partySocialist Revolutionary Party
Movementanarcho-syndicalism

Antoinette Cauvin, known as Madame Sorgue (1864–1924), was a French anarcho-syndicalist orator and journalist. She was associated with many strikes in Europe[1] and travelled widely in France, Portugal, Italy, Wales, England (Hull[2]), Scotland, speaking in Leith to the Dockers during their strike in 1913.[3]

a black and white photo of a group of people, including a woman in a light dress, looking off to her sde, hair pulled up.
A group after the Courrières mine disaster, including Sorgue in the bottom right.
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Heath, Alison (2015-10-06). The Life of George Ranken Askwith, 1861–1942. Routledge. ISBN 9781317320050.
  3. ^ Kenefick, William (2007-07-15). Red Scotland!: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, c. 1872 to 1932: The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, c. 1872 to 1932. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748630820.