03568nam 2200685 450 991045650490332120200520144314.097866120564821-4426-8355-41-282-05648-410.3138/9781442683556(CKB)2430000000001599(OCoLC)244768796(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219386(SSID)ssj0000313467(PQKBManifestationID)11212978(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313467(PQKBWorkID)10358365(PQKB)11011536(CaBNvSL)thg00600789 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255478(MiAaPQ)EBC4672262(DE-B1597)479107(OCoLC)992454312(DE-B1597)9781442683556(Au-PeEL)EBL4672262(CaPaEBR)ebr11257936(CaONFJC)MIL205648(OCoLC)958572286(EXLCZ)99243000000000159920160922e19991992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWomen and the limits of citizenship in the French Revolution /Olwen H. HuftonToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1999.©19921 online resource (228 p.)Donald G. Creighton lectures Women and the limits of citizenship in the French RevolutionBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-6837-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One. Women and Politics -- Chapter Two. Poverty and Charity: Revolutionary Mythology and Real Women -- Chapter Three. In Search of Counter-Revolutionary Women -- Chapter Four. Epilogue. The Legacy: Myth and Memory -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- IndexThe French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Olwen H. Hufton explores the responses of two groups of working women - those in rural areas and those in Paris - to the revolution's aftermath.Women were denied citizenship in the new state, but they were not apolitical. In Paris, collective female activity promoted a controlled economy as women struggled to secure an adequate supply of bread at a reasonable price. Rural women engaged in collective confrontation to undermine government religious policy which was destroying the networks of traditional Catholic charity.Hufton examines the motivations of these two groups, the strategies they used to advance their respective causes, and the bitter misogyinistic legacy of the republican tradition which persisted into the twentieth century.Donald G. Creighton lectures ;1989Women's rightsFranceHistory18th centuryFranceHistoryRevolution, 1789-1799WomenElectronic books.Women's rightsHistory944.04/082Hufton Olwen H.183072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456504903321Women and the limits of citizenship in the French Revolution2462939UNINA