Out of the Shadows Quotes

“The topic of women’s participation in the French Revolution has generally received little attention from historians, who have displayed a tendency to minimize the role of women in the major events of those years, or else to ignore it altogether. In the nineteenth century those who did attempt to deal with the topic chose to approach it with an emphasis on individual women who had for some reason attained a degree of notoriety.”
― Shirley Elson-Roessler, Out of the Shadows: Women and Politics in the French Revolution, 1789-95