She was elected to the National Assembly in October 1945 as one of the first group of French women in parliament.
Rumeau was born in Toulouse in 1912; her mother was a shopkeeper and her father an accountant.
[1] During World War II, she was amongst the founders of a women's resistance group in Toulouse affiliated with the National Front.
[1] She became a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) in 1942 and assisted Jewish families on the run.
[1] After the war Rumeau was a PCF candidate in Haute-Garonne department in the October 1945 National Assembly elections, and was elected to parliament,[1] becoming one of the first group of women in the National Assembly.