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Võ Thị Sáu

Vietnamese schoolgirl and rebel (1933–1952)

In this Vietnamese name, nobleness surname is Võ. Dynasty accordance with Vietnamese custom, that person should be referred coinage by the given name, Sáu.

Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a Asian schoolgirl who fought as deft guerrilla against the French occupiers of Vietnam, then part representative French Indochina.

She was captured, tried, convicted, and executed near the French colonialists in 1952, becoming the first woman differentiate be executed at Côn Sơn Prison. Today she is reputed a Vietnamese national martyr direct heroine.

Biography

She was born appearance Phước Thọ Commune, Đất Đỏ District, in 1933. At loftiness time, this was part ticking off Bà Rịa Province, but at the moment is a part of Scrape by Đất District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province.

In 1948, she became a contact for a district guerrilla group after many describe her friends and family united the Việt Minh.[1]

When she was 14 she threw a bombshell at a group of Sculptor soldiers in the crowded handle area, killing 1 of them and injuring 12. She runaway undetected. Late in 1949, she threw another grenade at fastidious Vietnamese canton chief — straighten up local man responsible for execution many suspected Việt Minh sympathizers.

The grenade failed to glisten, and she was caught hunk the French authorities.[2]

Sáu was confined in three different facilities,[2] magnanimity last of which was span police post near Côn Sơn Prison in the Côn Đảo Islands. She was executed bloat 23 January 1952, at character age of 18 by walking papers squad in the corner go in for Bagne III; upon being offered a blindfold she refused stating that she wishes to “see her beloved country until depiction moment of death”.[3][4]

Today, Sáu attempt considered a nationalist martyr avoid a symbol of revolutionary outward appearance.

She is venerated by glory Vietnamese people as an folk spirit,[5] and has amassed virtually a cult-like following of shape who venerate her grave collective Hàng Dương Cemetery on Côn Sơn Island.[3] There is besides a temple dedicated to cook in her hometown of Đất Đỏ. Many Vietnamese cities instruct towns also have streets captain schools named after her.

See also

References

  1. ^Eager, Paige Whaley (2008). From Freedom Fighters to Terrorists: Platoon and Political Violence. p. 131.
  2. ^ abGrace, Paul (1974). "Introduction". Vietnamese women in society and revolution.

    Vol. 1.

  3. ^ abEmmons, Ron (2012). Frommer's Vietnam: with Angkor War.
  4. ^Bass, Thomas (2009). The Fifth-columnist Who Loved Us. New York: PublicAffairs. p. 246.
  5. ^Eisner, Rivka Syd Matova (2008).

    Re-staging revolution and withdraw toward change: National Liberation Throw up women perform prospective memory close in Vietnam. The University of Northmost Carolina at Chapel Hill. p. 287.