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Émilienne Marie Mopty (29 October 1917 - 18 January 1943) was a French Resistance fighter who led demonstrations supporting the 1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike. In 1942, she was executed.

Early and personal life
Mopty was born on the 29th of October 1917 in Harnes to Catherine Dedourges and miner Anatole-François Wantiez. Her biological father was Émile Beudot.

She married Adrien Mopty, a miner, on the 30th of May 1925. Together, they had three children.

Role in the French Resistance
In 1941, organised and lead women in demonstrations supporting the Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike. They blocked roads to prevent the passage of police cars and German armored vehicles.

She was arrested for her participation in the strike but shortly released. On the 14th of May 1942, she was arrested again but escaped through a toilet window. Local newspapers published her photos and declared her a wanted criminal.

Mopty became a liason agent for Charles Debarge. She transported weapons and explosives and looked for hideouts for the resistance.

Death and legacy
On the 16th of September 1942, Mopty was arrested by the French gendarmerie while her group were planning to attack a firing squad. She was sentenced to death in Arras. As the Germans did not execute women in France, she was deported on January 12th to Brussels and then moved to Cologne. On January 18th, she was executed.

In 1948, her body was repatriated to France.

Her name is inscribed on the Harnes war memorial and on the steles of Montigny-en-Gohelle and Villeparisis.