Solange Alexandre 1922 – 2026
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Solange Alexandre was a French schoolteacher and one of the last heroes of the French Resistance, a rare woman who founded and commanded her own maquis unit. Born Solange Dubuisson in Mamers, Sarthe, on September 9, 1922, she began as a Resistance courier in 1941 and in 1944 co-founded the Pas-de-Bœuf maquis at Ruillé-sur-Loir with her future husband, leading its fighters through the liberation of Touraine. She received the Médaille de la Résistance in 1945, twice turned down the Légion d’honneur before accepting it in 2024, and was honoured by President Emmanuel Macron after her death. She died at a nursing home in Le Mans on November 8, 2026, aged 104.
