The Everyday Lives of Parisian Women and the October Days of 1789

by David Garrioch

http://libcom.org/history/everyday-lives-parisian-women-october-days-1789-david-garrioch

http://libcom.org/files/Parisian%20Women%20of%201789.pdf

'The men are holding back, the men are cowards . . . we will take over'

On 5 October 1789 thousands of Parisian women tramped twelve miles to Versailles to bring the king back to the capital. This event radicalised the French Revolution.