Pauline 1886-1908: L'origine d'un matronyme

Born in 1886 and died in 1908, Pauline witnessed the industrial revolution with significant economic and social changes linked to industrialization, but she did not have time to enjoy the benefits of progress and did not experience the war-torn turmoil of the time. Pauline's life was marked by hardships that few could imagine, but also by great courage.At only 18 years old, Pauline had to make the most difficult decision a mother could consider by entrusting her child to public assistance, hoping to offer her a better life than she could give her. This decision, marked by pain, bears witness to her strength and distress.Pauline faced many obstacles and deprivations every day.Paris witnessed her struggles, sorrows and emotions. To heal traumas, they must be understood and analysed in their historical context with serenity, without judgment and without issuing any hy