Eglantine Perreaux:
BAD ASS!
Settle in for a short but AMAZING story about an amazing woman:
an artist, a WWII revolutionary, a baker.
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👶" title="Baby" aria-label="Emoji: Baby">Born Feb 2, 1912 in a small house on Rochefort in Saint-Michel, Aisne, France. 

#eglantine

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧑‍🎨" title="Künstler" aria-label="Emoji: Künstler">At age 16 she started modelling for Henri Matisse.

“The Velvet Robe" painted in 1942 is an illustration of her collaboration with him.

I don’t know what “collaboration” means, exactly. Nor do I know which painting, specifically. #eglantine #Matisse #HenriMatisse
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">In 1940, Eglantine registers at Fougères in Brittany and joins the French resistance.  One of her duties was transporting dynamite between Fougères & Nice by hiding them between two Matisse canvasses.  #eglantine #matisse
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💃🏻" title="Tanzende Frau (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Tanzende Frau (heller Hautton)">For these trips she dressed as a very distinguished lady.  She also hid Jews in her apartment in Paris.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👶" title="Baby" aria-label="Emoji: Baby"> has a daughter, Aline, in 1941.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪦" title="Headstone" aria-label="Emoji: Headstone">Her husband, Marcel Landais, dies suddenly in 1973.

#eglantine

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗽" title="Freiheitsstatue" aria-label="Emoji: Freiheitsstatue">After moving around a bit, Aline takes over a large apartment in New York and has her mother, Eglantine, move there in 1974. 

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥐" title="Croissant" aria-label="Emoji: Croissant">Eglantine helped Aline in the "La Rousse" restaurant that she owned from 1979 to 1983.  The restaurant was famous for its pastries.  #eglantine

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If anyone has heard of these restaurants, I’d LOVE to hear about it! #eglantine #newyork #nyc #nycbakeries #NYChistory
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🪦" title="Headstone" aria-label="Emoji: Headstone"> She died in 1990 after a bout with cancer.

WHAT A FUCKING LEGEND!!!
@perreaux you’re related to her, too, I believe.

My uncle that did the genealogy said anyone who spells their name Perreaux is related to us. #eglantine

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