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Women's
March to Versailles |
On
October 4, 1789,
a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered
other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched
toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. They
demanded to see "the Baker," "the Baker's wife,"
and "the Baker's boy". The King agreed to meet with
some of the women and promised to distribute all the bread
in Versailles to the crowd. The arrival of the National Guard
on the scene determined to take the King back to Paris complicated
things for the King. |
