Rebel Daughters: Women and the French Revolution

by Leslie W. Rabine (Editor), Sara E. Melzer (Editor)

This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines the important and paradoxical relation between women and the French Revolution. Although the male leaders of the Revolution depended on the women's active militant participation, they denied to women the rights they helped to establish. At
the same time that women were banned from the political sphere, "woman" was transformed into an allegorical figure which became the very symbol of (masculine) Liberty and Equality. This volume analyzes how the revolutionary process constructed a new gender system at the foundation of modern liberal
culture.

Genres: History, French Revolution, France, Feminism

312 pages, Hardcover

First published June 19, 1991

Reviews

[Constance Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I checked this particular book out many times from our library here at Young Harris College. It's chapter selections deal with different aspects of the French Revolution as it concerns women. I enjoyed the book because of it's usefulness in learning about the role women played in the revolution itself, and found that I wanted to add it to my own personal library for future reference.

[Ava · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Sean Chick · Rating 1 out of 5]

Garbage like this is why many groan at the thought of reading a history book.