Women in Revolutionary Paris, 1789-1795
Subtitle: selected documents translated with notes and commentary
By: by Darline Gay Levy, Harriet Branson Applewhite, Mary Durham Johnson
Contributors: Levy, Darline Gay, 1939-; Applewhite, Harriet Branson; Johnson, Mary Durham
Edition: Illini books ed
Publisher: University of Illinois Press.; University of Illinois Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Women's rights -- France -- History -- Sources; Women in politics -- France -- Paris -- History -- Sources; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Sources
Description: "Almost 200 years ago, the women of revolutionary Paris were demanding legal equity 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 their 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." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-315) and indexes