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French Revolution

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Thermidorian Reaction

There has been enough death. It is time these extremists are put to justice, and for france to return to her peaceful state. Robespierre's promise of "a peaceful enjoyment of liberty and equality" has yet to come true. It is now up to us to establish his dream without his violence. 

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Merci Paris!

I have just been honored by the sword for my actions in the Revolution by the Paris Commune!!! During the ceremony the mayor of Paris gave me a sword for what he spoke of as "an authentic testimony to her bravery and patriotism."   

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Robespierre's Speech to the National Convention 1794

In his speech to the National Convention, Robespierre has said, "What is the goal for which we strive? A peaceful enjoyment of liberty and equality, the rule of that eternal justice whose laws are engraved, not upon marble or stone, but in the hearts of all men." Let us hope that our goal may be reached soon.  

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Rousseau

  The rejection of the Ancient Regime has given the people of France a better future. New rights, freedoms, and liberties await us. As the father of this new France wrote in The Social Contract “Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent." 

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March 18, 1871 - The Paris Commune begins

History of the Paris Commune at Marxists.org

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A good day for liberty.

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The funeral of Jean-Paul Marat, held in the chapel of the Club des Cordeliers.

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Théroigne de Méricourt was a passionate figure of the French Revolution who was inspired by the rising of the Third Estate and the formation of the General Assembly. She attended meetings of the General...

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After I led the march back I became  imprisoned within these walls. In a few days I will be moved to Conciergerie, another prison. Rumors say that Joseph-Ignace Guillotine has proposed a revival of capital punishment. I only hope that I may not be inflicted by it. We must never forget our importance to France, though we may not be as rich as the noblity. As Sieyés said " what is the Third Estate? It is the whole." Vive la France!!

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The March to Versailles

"To Versailles, To Versailles!"

The women who arrived, though lightly armed, were no shrinking violets. They insisted that the royal family return to Paris where, in fact, they would find themselves under virtual house arrest.

Police Reports on Women�s Discontent (Spring 1795)

Agitation over the shortage of bread reached a breaking point in the spring of 1795. Women played critical roles in these disturbances, as they had before the Revolution.

It has been established from various reports relative to yesterday that groups in the squares, in the streets, and in public places, as well as gatherings at bakers’ doors, were as numerous as they were tumultuous and extremely agitated. The women, above all, seemed to be playing the principal role there; they were taunting the men, treating them as cowards, and seemed unwilling to be satisfied with the portion that was offered to them. A large number of them wanted to rush into insurrection; even the majority appeared to be determined to attack the constituted authorities, and notably the government Committees, which would have happened were it not for the prudence and firmness of the armed troops. One can easily convince oneself of what has just been reported by glancing attentively and impartially at several reports which bear witness [to this understanding of the situation].

1. In [the report] signed Marceau, who reports having heard it said, “That will make for civil war; that’s all we’re asking for; is it also possible to live with two ounces of bread? Aren’t they doing this on purpose?” he adds that in other gatherings they all said, “The Convention had better put some order into all that; it’s about time.” He sums up by saying that heads are dangerously inflamed.

2. In [the report] signed Bouillon, here are the phrases, verbatim: “Yesterday a multitude of women from the Section des Piques, after having refused the portion of bread being offered to them, went to the Committee of the Section and from there to the Convention. They stopped all the women they met on their way and forced them to join up with them.”

3. Citizen Compere, in his report, confirms the above assertion and adds more alarming occurrences… . Surveillance… . [sic] Bellier reports that at the horse market last night some women were saying that they must go en masse to the Convention to demand a king in order to have bread; the same report states that at 9 P.M., near the Pont Notre Dame, there was a group of two hundred people who were speaking the same language. This inspector was called before the Convention to be reprimanded for his apathy or his carelessness in not having followed the individuals who were making these remarks. A special watch has been set up for this purpose [sic].

Signed Beurlier, Duret

Source: From Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789–1795, edited and translated by Darline Gay Levy, Harriet Branson Applewhite, and Mary Durham Johnson. Copyright 1979 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Used with the permission of the University of Illinois Press, 287–288.

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/492/

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This is Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen that Olympe de Gouges wrote in 1791. It challeneges the theory of inequality between males and females.

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My pamphlet defending the society of revolutionary republican women! Check it out if you’re interested! #women #revolutionary #joinus

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Women's March on Versailles

We are now viewed as a threat. No longer are we invisible. As we led the marched of thousands from the marketplace to versailles our voices, those of women were finally heard. We did not stop until the King himself heard us and gave in to our demand.  Food, all we wanted was bread to feed ourselves and our families. We have brought our King and Queen back with us to Paris. They were finally able to see for themselves our desperation.

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Successes of Women during the French Revolution

"what could not be taken from women was their memory of victories during the French Revolution: their march to Versailles in the October Days, their petitions to the legislature, their club meetings, their processions, their institutions." ~ Ruth Graham