Market women mobilize over bread prices
- When
- 5 October 1789
- Where
- Marketplaces and Hôtel de Ville, Paris
- Part of
- Women's March on Versailles
On the morning of 5 October 1789, Parisian market women, angered by chronic bread shortage and high prices, gathered, demanded bread and arms at the Hôtel de Ville, and armed themselves.
On the morning of 5 October 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum at the edge of a group of market-women infuriated by the chronic shortage and high price of bread. Driven by a variety of agitators, the crowd converged on the Hôtel de Ville, the city hall of Paris, where they demanded not only bread but also arms. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and set out for the Palace of Versailles.
Sources
- Women's March on Versailles Wikipedia
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