The women of Paris and their French Revolution

Preface: Marianne's hands

I. Parisian life in the French Revolution. 1. Passersby. 2. Family relations of women of the people. 3. Women at work

II. Aspiring citizens. 4. Birth of the female Sansculottes Movement, 1789-1793. 5. Women as guardians of the nation. 6. Light and shadows, Summer 1793. 7. Citizenship denied, Autumn 1793. 8. The search for basic necessities, January-July 1794

III. Revolutionary daily life of women of the people. 9. Political culture and female sociability. 10. Political mentalite and behavior of women of the people. 11. At the margins of the Revolution. 12. Sexual difference and equal rights

IV. A mass women's movement. 13. From the militant woman to crowds of women, November 1794-March 1795. 14. Firebrands, April-May 1795. 15. "Bread and the Constitution" 16. Women's silence

App. 1. Chronology of the Revolution

App. 2. Sections of Paris

App. 3. Portraits of militant women.