The Women of the French Revolution"Formed principally of the portraits of women, drawn by Michelet in his History of the revolution."--Author's pref. Includes chapters devoted to such general topics as the influence of women on the 18th century, the worship of women for Robespierre, the execution of women, and the reaction of women following the Revolution. The author also concentrates on individuals such as Mme de Stäel, Mme de Condorcet, Olympe de Gouges, Rosa Lacombe, Théroigne de Mericourt, Mme Roland, Charlotte Corday, Mlle Kiralio [sic], Lucille Desmoulins, and Danton's two wives. |
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Jules Michelet. AUTHOR'S PREFACE . THE reader is now about to pass through a kind of biographical gallery or museum , formed principally of the portraits of women , drawn by Michelet in his History of the Revolution . Some of these were ...
Jules Michelet. AUTHOR'S PREFACE . THE reader is now about to pass through a kind of biographical gallery or museum , formed principally of the portraits of women , drawn by Michelet in his History of the Revolution . Some of these were ...
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... kind heart . The women placed her at their head , and made her their orator . There were many others who were not led by famine . These were shopkeepers , porteresses , and women of the town , sympathizing and cha- ritable , as they ...
... kind heart . The women placed her at their head , and made her their orator . There were many others who were not led by famine . These were shopkeepers , porteresses , and women of the town , sympathizing and cha- ritable , as they ...
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... body , as were , for the most part , the first Jacobins ; a kind of aristocracy of money , talent , and energy , naturally joined to the aristo- cracy of birth . CHAPTER VIII . THE PALAIS ROYAL IN 1790 - THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 87.
... body , as were , for the most part , the first Jacobins ; a kind of aristocracy of money , talent , and energy , naturally joined to the aristo- cracy of birth . CHAPTER VIII . THE PALAIS ROYAL IN 1790 - THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 87.
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... kind heart and noble mind , was the orator of women , preaching their emancipation . These vague aspirations took a fixed , decided form , in the learned dissertations of the illustrious secretary of the Academy of Sciences , Condorcet ...
... kind heart and noble mind , was the orator of women , preaching their emancipation . These vague aspirations took a fixed , decided form , in the learned dissertations of the illustrious secretary of the Academy of Sciences , Condorcet ...
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... kind of well- lighted crypt , under the church , gave an asylum to a fraternal society of workmen , to whom at cer- tain hours the Jacobins explained the Constitu- tion . In the questions of sustenance or of public danger , these ...
... kind of well- lighted crypt , under the church , gave an asylum to a fraternal society of workmen , to whom at cer- tain hours the Jacobins explained the Constitu- tion . In the questions of sustenance or of public danger , these ...
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