The French Revolution — When the People Rose Up - The Women Who Dragged a King from His Palace

In October 1789, thousands of working-class Parisian women marched twelve miles through rain to Versailles and forced King Louis XVI back to Paris—all because they were starving. Host Alexandra Reeves explores the Women's March on Versailles, a pivotal but underappreciated moment in the French Revolution, revealing how fishwives and seamstresses wielding stolen weapons reshaped European power forever. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.