Paris in 1793 was dominated by the bloody Reign of Terror. A mandate to place “terror on the order of the day” led to a ...
Gilbert Theater, the theater with a pulse, is living up to its reputation and community roots with its latest production, The Revolutionists by Laura Gunderson. A fictional tale set in the very real ...
Duckworth has acquired What Ails Her?: A History of Women’s Health by historian and content creator Mina Moriarty. Editorial Director Clare Bullock acquired world English-language rights from Abi ...
She fought to give women the right to divorce and campaigned on behalf of children born out of wedlock. But in late 18th century France, her radical thinking proved too much for her contemporaries in ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — This mid-December weekend, central Ohio is packed with ways to celebrate the season, from dazzling gardens to festive markets, live performances and even a predawn run through ...
Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the ...
Anne Hultzsch, your research topic is rather unknown. How did you come up with it? The idea came partly from my teaching experience and a certain frustration with the canon of architectural literature ...
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of women in shaping discourses of gender equality during the French Revolution (1789-1794), situating their activism within the intellectual framework of the ...
Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...
Synopsis: Locked up in her cell at the Conciergerie shortly before her trial, Olympe de Gouges confided in Fabien, her jailer, before being taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal presided over by ...
As soon as the audience enters the theatre they are confronted with a guillotine, the most iconic instruments of execution of the French Revolution. This guillotine, though, and indeed all of the set ...