Title
Juliette Dodu
Caption
Juliette Dodu (1848 – 1909) legendary heroine of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and the first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honour. Now cast as a symbol of the French resistance, Juliette Dodu was the first woman to receive the Military Medal and the Cross of the Legion of Honour, for intercepting dispatches at the peril of her life in 1870, for being condemned to death by the enemy and saved by the cessation of hostilities
Date
1870
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP23A10_233
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (4,7Mb) / 13,0in x 17,9in / 3911 x 5363 (300dpi)