“Marie-Marguerite Wibrotte was a great benefactor. Every year, her name is mentioned and we talk about her at the commemorations of the 1is and November 11 at the cemetery,” indicates Joëlle Di Sangro. This municipal councilor proposed the name of this woman who worked so hard for the soldiers of the Great War to replace that of Abbé Pierre. This route is between rue Banaudon and place Saint-Rémy. The deliberation of this change was adopted at the last council meeting in mid-November. A return to its name before March 7, 2007, rue Thiers, was considered in September.
A Wibrotte avenue already exists in Vitrimont. The advisor continues: “We talk about feminism but we have always had wonderful women, present in their place when needed, who knew how to show courage and empathy like Marie-Marguerite Wibrotte. »
Dedicated to soldiers
During the First World War, the retired teacher, member of Souvenir Français (SF), traveled the battlefields, treating the wounded. With young volunteers, she identified the dead after the heavy fighting of August and September 1914, west of Lunéville. She gave them a temporary burial, marked by the soldiers' number or a simple cross.
It's a comfort to have such a personality near city hall.
Joëlle Di Sangro, municipal councilor
This then made it possible to bring together the remains of nearly 4,000 soldiers at the Friscati Mouton Noir Necropolis of which she was the creator and owner of the site.
She will donate it to the SF after having maintained the place for a long time. “She represents a very beautiful maternal image of woman, although she has been a damsel all her life. By honoring her in this way, it is also paying tribute to all the women who grew up during the various conflicts and other difficult times. In addition, Marie-Marguerite Wibrotte lived in Lunéville for a long time. The choice is not trivial to have named it. It's a comfort to have such a personality near city hall. » She taught at the Germain-Charrier girls' school located on Grande Rue (today rue de la République) for less than ten years. The one we called “Miss Wibrotte” died on April 5, 1936 at the age of 77. She is buried in the municipal cemetery.
