Anne-Marie Ménand, née Marie Louise Ménan (born 9 June 1837) was a cook who was accused of being an arsonist during the Paris Commune.

Ménand was a Breton, born on 9 June 1837 in Saint-Séglin, Ille-et-Vilaine, to a labourer, Barthélémy Ménan, and his wife Périne Bertier.

Most importantly, once the National Guard began lighting fires to hold back the invading Versailles soldiers, she worked to evacuate people from the houses that were about to be burned.

[1] According to Édith Thomas, of the many women who were accused of being pétroleuses in the aftermath of the Commune, Anne-Marie Ménand and Florence Van de Walle were the only two who may actually have participated in any arson.

Swarthy, wide-eyed, with dull and dirty hair, a face covered in freckles, thin lips, and a stupid laugh, she had something wild about her that reminded me of the bewilderment of nocturnal birds suddenly placed in the sun.