On this day, 5 October 1789, thousands of women in Paris, angry over the high price and scarcity of bread, ransacked the city armoury for weapons and besieged the Palace of Versailles in one of the opening salvos of the French revolution. More info on the role of women in the French revolution here: https://libcom.org/history/political-revolution-women-case-paris-darline-gay-levy-harriet-b-applewhite https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1226913467493801/?type=3