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Oct. 5, 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum and led The Women's March on Versailles, in a revolt against King Louis XVI of France, storming the palace and signaling the French Revolution. [30] In 1947, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti led the Abeokuta Women's Union in a revolt that resulted in the abdication of the Egba High King Oba Ademola ...
Pages in category "Female revolutionaries" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Circassians of the Abdzakh region started a great revolution in Circassian territory in 1770. Classes such as slaves, nobles and princes were completely abolished. The Abdzakh Revolution coincides with the French Revolution. While many French nobles took refuge in Russia, some of the Circassian nobles took the same path and took refuge in ...
women's rights pioneer, writer, beheaded during French Revolution Ottobah Cugoano: 1757 1791 United Kingdom Ghana: captured from West Africa, he became a member of the Sons of Africa and argued against slavery on Christian and philosophical grounds William Wilberforce: 1759 1833 United Kingdom: leader of the British abolition movement
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
Women in revolutions (5 C, 11 P) 0–9. People of the Revolutions of 1848 ... People of the Russian Revolution of 1905 (1 C, 20 P) S. People of the Second Desmond ...
Keller is home to nearly 50,000 people today, but it used to be a much quieter farming community back in the day. Here are some shots of Keller’s people and places from the 1920s to the 1950s ...
A category for categories and articles about revolutionaries, people who promoted or took part in revolutions The main article for this category is revolutionary . See also: Category:Rebels