[2] In his autobiography Serge describes her at the time as "a short, slim, aggressive girl, militant, with a Gothic profile.

"[3] In 1911, when she became editor of L'Anarchie, its headquarters in Romainville functioned as an anarchist commune, where she, her children, and Serge lived, along with Octave Garnier and Marie Vuillemin, Eduard Carouy and Jeanne Belardi, René and Anna Valet, and Raymond Callemin.

However, this argument in defence was hampered by the fact that neither wished to imply that their co-defendants were guilty of the crimes they'd been accused of - and by the earlier discovery of the Brownings in their possession.

Ultimately, all three women (Rirette, Marie Vuillemin, and Barbe), were declared not guilty, thanks to the benevolent sexism of the jurors.

[2] Six months after the trial, she sold her memoir, Souvenirs d'anarchie, to the liberal French daily, Le Matin.