10 Facts About Marthe Bigot

Marthe Bigot was a French primary schoolteacher, feminist, pacifist and communist.

Marthe Bigot was born in 1878, the daughter of a baker.

At the Congress of Tours in December 1920 Marthe Bigot joined the French Communist Party majority.

Marthe Bigot became the secretary of the 12th section of the French Section of the Workers' International.

Marthe Bigot was active in Feminist causes, demonstrating for the right to vote as a member of the Women's Committee for Permanent Peace and the Federation Feministe Universitaire.

Marthe Bigot was removed from this position for her activity in 1921, and reinstated in 1924.

Marthe Bigot presented a report that showed the French Communist Party had been slow to recruit women.

Marthe Bigot left the Communist Party at the end of 1925 and joined the staff of the Revolution Proletarienne directed by Pierre Monatte.

Marthe Bigot worked for the Trotskyist Review La Verite.

Marthe Bigot returned to the Communist Party and agitated for trade union unity.