She married Edmond Nicolas Lefèvre, a woodcarver, on August 22, 1872, and moved with him to 5 rue de Chartres in the 18th arrondissement in eastern Paris.

[5] Victorine Gorget was also very active in the l'Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés.

[7] Thus, in her interrogation, the Council of War reports the following exchange: "the story of the crucifix that you would have worn on your backside saying: 'Since I am making your acquaintance, you are going to kiss my ass'.

In 1875, she found herself imprisoned for eighteen months on the Ducos peninsula alongside the Communard women Marie Spinay and Jeanne Bertranine.

[6][11] She was accused of living illegitimately with Jean-Baptiste Joseph Puissant, a soldier born in 1840, who was sentenced to five years of hard labor for forging the signature of his captain.