Émilie Tillion

Émilie Tillion
Born(1876-02-20)20 February 1876
Talizat, France
Died2 March 1945(1945-03-02) (aged 69)
Ravensbrück, Nazi Germany
Occupation(s)Author, art critic
Children2, including Germaine Tillion

Émilie Tillion (née Cussac; 20 February 1876 – 2 March 1945) was a French writer and art critic. Tillion is known for her work on the popular "Les Guides Bleus" and as a member of French Resistance during the Second World War.

Tillion was the mother of Germaine Tillion, who was also a Resistance fighter and a noted ethnologist.

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