alvarezjose129

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As seen in the picture it is obvious there are a group of angry women who have taking up arms, which is a rarity in France for women to take up arms, and they are marching to Versailles. As i observe the picture, there seems to be no sight of men anywhere in that crowd. This event of this painting is taking place in 1789 which is in the years that the french revolution had begun. The painting seems to be from The Granger Collection of New York. I am not exactly certain as to who came up or drew this picture. I believe the person who had came up with this picture did it because it showed how the whole french nation even , which is made up of mostly the common people, rose up and fought for a just society including the women of the nation as well. It did not matter if you were a child, women or man, everyone participated in the revolution somehow. This picture tells us that culture of the common people, or the common women in this case, that they were all united together as a group no matter of what part of France they were in. Judging from their appearance, they do seem to be common people. It also seems that the culture is that when a whole group of people, the peasants in this case, get into a conflict or fight for a cause, the whole peasant community follows one another into that conflict they are fighting against. 

Jose Alvarez 

History 101 

spring 2014

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219315/French-Revolution