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Out of the shadows : women and politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95 / Shirley Elson Roessler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elson Roessler, Shirley, 1942-
- Series:
- Studies in modern European history ; vol. 14.
- Studies in modern European history ; vol. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's rights.
- History.
- Women revolutionaries.
- Women--Political activity.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Women.
- Women--Political activity--France--History--18th century.
- Women revolutionaries--France--History--18th century.
- Women's rights--France--History--18th century.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- x, 275 pages : illustrations, map, ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [1996]
- Contents:
- Map of Paris (1790) x
- Chapter I. The October Days 7
- From Paris to Versailles 7
- In the National Assembly 23
- The Women Capture their King 27
- Chapter II. Women and Revolutionary Politics 49
- Women and the Clubs 49
- Olympe de Gouges and Theroigne de Mericourt 63
- The Second Sex in the Second City 90
- Chapter III. Societe Des Citoyennes Republicaines Revolutionnaires 101
- Origins 101
- The Citoyennes Against the Girondins 113
- The Summer of '93 125
- The Mountain Against the Citoyennes 146
- Chapter IV. The Year III 163
- Germinal 170
- Prairial 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820425656
- OCLC:
- 31604492
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