Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1795

Book Overview

200 years ago, the women of revolutionary Paris were demanding legal equality in marriage; educational opportunities for girls; and public instruction, licensing, and support for midwives. This title presents sixty documents which focuses on these and other socioeconomic struggles by women and their impact on the French Revolutionary era.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252008553
• ISBN13: 9780252008559
• Release Date: August 1981
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Women in French Revolution

Great source book, excellent document research and explanations by authors. It has helped me in my master's theses about women in the French Revolution. thank you, Tania Morin

From The Back Cover of the Book

Notes and commentary by Darlene Gay Levy, Harriet Branson Applewhite, Mary Durham Johnson. Almost 200 years ago, the women of revolutionary Paris were demanding legal equality in marriage; educational opportunities for girls, including vocational training; public instruction, licensing, and support for midwives; guarantees for women's rights to employment; and an end to the exclusion of women from certain professions. The editors have uncovered, translated, and annotated sixty documents which shed light on these and other socioeconomic struggles by women and the impact on the French Revolutionary era. This work makes a significant contribution to the growing appreciation of the role of women in history, politics, ideology, and social change. "This unique collection of documents will be a boon to teachers in history and his scholars of the French Revolution... Recommended." - Library Journal. "For anyone studying the fight by women for equality, this is a most important work, not least because it adds to the increasing emerging evidence that women have been fighting for a fair position since well before the 19th century." - The Book Exchange. "Three women scholars... provide some profound and interesting commentary. The documents are fascinating and often quite touching." - Newark star ledger.