Women of the French revolution

462 Pages·1855·27.953 MB·English

by  Winifred Stephens Whale, Jules Michelet;

THE
WOMEN
FRENCH REVOLUTION//
BY
J. MICHELET.
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
SUCCESSOR TO E. L. CAREY,
NO.7habt's buildings.
1855.
Entered according to theAct ofCongress, inthe year 1855, by
HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Courtof the United States
for the Eastern District ofPennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PEINTEES.
TRANSLATORS PREFACE.
It
is a rule that translations from one language
to another cannot be made without the bloom of
the original being rubbed off in the process. To
this rule there are no exceptions, though the trans
lation ofHudibras by Towneley, of Lucretius by
Marchetti, and of Eabelais by Urchard. Motteux
and Ozell, have been claimed as such.
When, in addition to idiomatic peculiarities of
language, the original also presents pecidiar turns
of thought and expression of the writer, then is
the labor ofthe faithful translator doubled. The
present proving a marked instance of this diffi
culty, the translator craves the indulgence of the
reader.
M. E. P.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
The reader is now about to pass through a
kind of biographical gallery or museum, formed
principally of the portraits of women, drawn by
Michelet in his History of the Eevolution.
Some of these were unfinished, as the author
could give, in a general history, outline sketches
only. These he has now filled up from the best
biographical authorities.
It will be remarked that many of the articles
are new, and that others have been revised and
materially amplified.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
To WomeN, Mothers, AND DAUGHTERs . 13
CHAPTER II. N.
INFLUENCEofWomeN ox The EIGHTEENTh CENTURY
—MATERNITY . 17
CHAPTER III.
–
HERoism of PITY A Woman HAs DESTROYED THE
BASTILLE . 21
CHAPTER IV.
LovE, AND LovE of The IDEAL (1789–1791) 30
CHAPTER W. }.
The Women or The Sixth of October (1789). 35
CHAPTER WI.
Women or theCoNFEDERATION (1790) 73
viii CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VII.
THE JAcoBIN LADIEs (1790) . - - - . 83
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PALAIs Royal IN 1790–THE FREEDOM of Wo
MEN–THE JAcoBIN CELLAR - - - . 88
CHAPTER IX.
THE SALONs—MADAME DESTAEL . - - . 92
CHAPTER X.
THE SALONs—MADAME DECondonCET - - ... 104
CHAPTER XI.
CoNTINUATION.—MADAME DECondorcet (1'794) . 116
CHAPTER XII.
Society ofWomeN–OLYMPE DE Gouges, Rose LA
COMBE - - - - - - - . 126
CHAPTER XIII.
ThérongNE DEMERIcourt (1789–1793) . . . 133
CHAPTER XIV.
The WENDEAN Women IN 1790 AND 1791 - . 144
CONTENTS. ix
CHAPTER XV.
MADAME Roland (1791–1792). 167
CHAPTER XVI.
MADAME Roland (continued) . 189
CHAPTER XVII.
MADEMoiselle KIRALIo (MADAME Robert). (17th
July,
1791) 203
CHAPTER XVIII,
Charlotte CoRDAY . 228
CHIAPTER XIX.
Death of CHARLoTTE Corday (19th July, 1793) 245
CIIAPTER XX.
The PAlais RoyAL IN 1793–THE SALONs—How The
GiroNDISTs weakenED THEMSELVEs 262
CHAPTER XXI.
The First WIFE of DANToN (1792–1793) 273
CHAPTER XXII.
The Second WIFE of DANToN.—LovE IN 1793. 280
X CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
TheGoddessof REAsoN (10th November, 1793) . 287
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CHAPTER XXIV.
The Worship ofWomeN For RobespierRE - . 292
CHAPTER XXV.
RobespierRE AT MADAME DUPLAY's (1791–1794) . 295
CHAPTER XXVI.
LucILE DESMoULINs (APRIL, 1794) . - - . 307
CHAPTER XXVII.
Execution ofWomeN–should WomeN BEExecuted? 322
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CATHERINE THEot, the MoTHER of God.— Robes
PIERRE THE Messiah (JUNE, 1794) 326
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE Two SAINT-AMARANTHEs (JUNE, 1794) . . 333
CHAPTER XXX.
INDIFFERENCE to Life.—The RApid course of Love
IN THE PRIsons (1793–1794) . - - . 343