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Blood sisters : the French Revolution in women's memory, Marilyn Yalom
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- Summary
- The promises of "liberty, equality, and fraternity" did not extend to women, but with the publication of Blood Sisters, the voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution are finally restored to history. They left us an invaluable legacy - some eighty accounts of what they saw and experienced. These chronicles range from the sixteen-page testimonial of the Widow Bault, wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison, to the ten-volume memoirs of the prolific writer Mme de Genlis; from the dictated life story of an illiterate peasant to acknowledged classics by Mme Roland and Mme de Stael. No other literature in the Western world offers such an early treasury of women recording their personal histories within the context of a great political cataclysm. Their stories describe how they participated, individually and collectively, in the revolutionary saga and how they sometimes succeeded in manipulating a political system designed to exclude them. Whatever their political loyalties, the women saw themselves as victims, and their accounts document the connection between gender and victimization. Yet they did not accept their victimization passively. The memoirists of Blood Sisters portray themselves as active participants cheering the Revolution on its course or, more frequently, resisting it. Marilyn Yalom singles out those who authored the most unforgettable chronicles: the governess of the royal children; the servant attending Marie-Antoinette in her last days; Robespierre's sister, Charlotte; the peasant woman from the Vendee who fought as a soldier; and, of course, Mme Roland, whose autobiography has enchanted readers for centuries. Aristocrats and bourgeois women, royalists and republicans, even the few peasant and working-class women who left accounts of their experiences - all were bound together by a common nightmare. These compelling human dramas - moving accounts of survival on the cusp of catastrophe - add suffering faces to the canvas of lofty thinkers and fiery orators who dominate the historiography of the Revolution. They tell us what it was like to suffer a miscarriage as the result of a street demonstration, to choose between nursing a baby and following a husband to war, to resist jailers' demands for sexual favors. A tragic note prevails: the sense of having survived when so many others perished often produced what we might now call "survivor's guilt." Their testimonies, Yalom argues, spring from an inner urgency to bear witness for those who were sacrificed on the revolutionary altar. Their writings eloquently attest to the human costs of radical social change
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : memory and memoirs
- The year 1789, in women's words
- The fall of the royal family : witnessed by the Duchesse de Tourzel
- The king and the queen in the face of death : witnessed by Madame Royale and Rosalie Lamorlière
- The republic vindicated and violated : starring Madame Roland
- The other Robespierre
- The widow Le Bas
- Germaine de Staël's Considerations of the French Revolution
- Plights and ploys in the provinces : Madame Vallon and Alexandrine des Écherolles
- The women of the Vendée
- Exile : London, St. Petersburg and upstate New York
- Reflections, personal and political
- Label
- Blood sisters : the French Revolution in women's memory
- Title
- Blood sisters
- Title remainder
- the French Revolution in women's memory
- Statement of responsibility
- Marilyn Yalom
- Subject
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- Prose française -- 18e siècle -- Anthologies
- Franse Revolutie
- 1789-1799
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Personal narratives, French
- Personal narratives, French
- France | History | Revolution, | Women
- French prose literature -- Women authors
- History
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Women
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Femmes
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Récits personnels français
- France | History | Revolution, | Personal | narratives, | French
- Vrouwen
- France
- Écrits de femmes français
- French | Women | authors
- Herinneringen
- Women
- French prose literature -- Women authors
- Autobiography -- Women authors
- Écrits de femmes autobiographiques
- Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
- Personal narratives -- French
- Autobiography | Women | authors
- Autobiography -- Women authors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The promises of "liberty, equality, and fraternity" did not extend to women, but with the publication of Blood Sisters, the voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution are finally restored to history. They left us an invaluable legacy - some eighty accounts of what they saw and experienced. These chronicles range from the sixteen-page testimonial of the Widow Bault, wife of the concierge in Marie-Antoinette's prison, to the ten-volume memoirs of the prolific writer Mme de Genlis; from the dictated life story of an illiterate peasant to acknowledged classics by Mme Roland and Mme de Stael. No other literature in the Western world offers such an early treasury of women recording their personal histories within the context of a great political cataclysm. Their stories describe how they participated, individually and collectively, in the revolutionary saga and how they sometimes succeeded in manipulating a political system designed to exclude them. Whatever their political loyalties, the women saw themselves as victims, and their accounts document the connection between gender and victimization. Yet they did not accept their victimization passively. The memoirists of Blood Sisters portray themselves as active participants cheering the Revolution on its course or, more frequently, resisting it. Marilyn Yalom singles out those who authored the most unforgettable chronicles: the governess of the royal children; the servant attending Marie-Antoinette in her last days; Robespierre's sister, Charlotte; the peasant woman from the Vendee who fought as a soldier; and, of course, Mme Roland, whose autobiography has enchanted readers for centuries. Aristocrats and bourgeois women, royalists and republicans, even the few peasant and working-class women who left accounts of their experiences - all were bound together by a common nightmare. These compelling human dramas - moving accounts of survival on the cusp of catastrophe - add suffering faces to the canvas of lofty thinkers and fiery orators who dominate the historiography of the Revolution. They tell us what it was like to suffer a miscarriage as the result of a street demonstration, to choose between nursing a baby and following a husband to war, to resist jailers' demands for sexual favors. A tragic note prevails: the sense of having survived when so many others perished often produced what we might now call "survivor's guilt." Their testimonies, Yalom argues, spring from an inner urgency to bear witness for those who were sacrificed on the revolutionary altar. Their writings eloquently attest to the human costs of radical social change
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yalom, Marilyn
- Dewey number
- 944.04/082
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DC145
- LC item number
- .Y35 1993
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
- France
- France
- Autobiography
- French prose literature
- Écrits de femmes autobiographiques
- Prose française
- Écrits de femmes français
- France
- France
- Autobiography
- French prose literature
- Women
- France
- Franse Revolutie
- Vrouwen
- Herinneringen
- Label
- Blood sisters : the French Revolution in women's memory, Marilyn Yalom
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : memory and memoirs -- The year 1789, in women's words -- The fall of the royal family : witnessed by the Duchesse de Tourzel -- The king and the queen in the face of death : witnessed by Madame Royale and Rosalie Lamorlière -- The republic vindicated and violated : starring Madame Roland -- The other Robespierre -- The widow Le Bas -- Germaine de Staël's Considerations of the French Revolution -- Plights and ploys in the provinces : Madame Vallon and Alexandrine des Écherolles -- The women of the Vendée -- Exile : London, St. Petersburg and upstate New York -- Reflections, personal and political
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041643377
- Label
- Blood sisters : the French Revolution in women's memory, Marilyn Yalom
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : memory and memoirs -- The year 1789, in women's words -- The fall of the royal family : witnessed by the Duchesse de Tourzel -- The king and the queen in the face of death : witnessed by Madame Royale and Rosalie Lamorlière -- The republic vindicated and violated : starring Madame Roland -- The other Robespierre -- The widow Le Bas -- Germaine de Staël's Considerations of the French Revolution -- Plights and ploys in the provinces : Madame Vallon and Alexandrine des Écherolles -- The women of the Vendée -- Exile : London, St. Petersburg and upstate New York -- Reflections, personal and political
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041643377
Subject
- 1789-1799
- Autobiography -- Women authors
- Autobiography -- Women authors
- Autobiography | Women | authors
- France
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Femmes
- France -- Histoire -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Récits personnels français
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Personal narratives, French
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Women
- France | History | Revolution, | Personal | narratives, | French
- France | History | Revolution, | Women
- Franse Revolutie
- French prose literature -- Women authors
- French prose literature -- Women authors
- French | Women | authors
- Herinneringen
- History
- Personal narratives -- French
- Personal narratives, French
- Prose française -- 18e siècle -- Anthologies
- Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
- Vrouwen
- Women
- Écrits de femmes autobiographiques
- Écrits de femmes français
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