Entre héroïsme et démagogie, l’engagement politique des femmes 1789-1799

The political engagement of women at the end of the 18^th century has been underestimated. The thousands of dossiers that have been compiled by the political police from 1789 to the start of the Empire have never been systematically exploited. They do, however, reveal the conceptions that women of all political stripes had of their political responsibilities, their influence, the kinds of activities, as well as how these were perceived by public opinion, in the national assembly and by revolutionary courts.