and that led to this whole complete rebuilding of paris under napoleon iii.rs that we see today is really the paris that napoleon iii and his chief officer in charge of the reconstruction of paris, george houseman, that's the paris we know today with the grand boulevards, the opening up of avenues, the planting of all the trees, the expansion and so forth was all done by that napoleon iii pick. and then came another revolution, or came the franco prussian war, and then another regime took charge after the defeat of the common art, as they were called, which, in fact, the french civil war when they slaughtered each other in the most a coaches fashion, irrespective, men, women children. just a hideous bloodbath in paris. and the americans, many of them, were witnesses to this. and sometimes to their detriment and other times just as part of the adventure of that experience in their life. one of the most admirable of all is a young woman named mary putnam who was the first american woman to get a degree in medicine, school of medicine who refuse to leave during

and after that came napoleon the iii as he called himself and he made himself the emperor and that led to the whole complete rebuilding of paris under napoleon the iii. the paris we see today is the paris napoleon iii and his chief officer in charge of the reconstruction of paris george houseman. that is the paris we know today. with the grand boulevards, opening up of avenues, planting of all of the trees, so forth was all done during the napoleon iii epic and the bell hawk as well. and then came another revolution. first the impression war and after that another regime took charge and there was a french civil war where they slaughtered each other in the most atrocious fashion irrespective of men, woman and children. and many americans were witnesses to this. sometimes to their detriment and other times part of the adventure of that experience in their life. mary putnum was the first american woman to get a degree in medicine from the school and refused to leave during the siege of paris and the commune. very difficult time and dangerous time to be there. she was determined to get her