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= Pauline Léon = Pauline Léon (born Anne Pauline Léon), born on 28 September 1768, was a radical feminist participant and political activist during the French Revolution. She was a strong proponent of women’s rights, specifically, but not limited to, their right to bear arms. In May 1793, she and her colleague, Claire Lacombe, founded the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women in the pursuit of women’s participation and rights during the revolution. She later married Jean-Théophile-Victor Leclerc, the leader of the énragés, and died on 5 October 1838 at age 70.