oct 5, 1789 - Women's March to Versailles

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Thousands of Parisian women went all the way down to Versailles to confront the king about bread shortages, the women needed food to feed their famished children. The women were armed with a variety of weapons such as broomsticks, lances, pitchforks, swords, pistols, and muskets. The king then promised grain supplies for all of France.

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