USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -^ d: Poissarde (plural poissardes), literally “fishwife", was a contemporary general term for women of the working class. Derived from the French poix (pitch, tar), it is synonymous with their highly stylized urban slang.

Detailed explanation-2: -They were big, brawny, strong, and callused women who worked at the docks cleaning the fish their husbands brought in. The Fearsome Fish Ladies went to the palace in hopes of discussing a change in the “justice” that was. They wanted flour and wheat so that they could make bread and have something to eat.

Detailed explanation-3: -A particular group, of women who have a significant history that relates to the Revolution is the Fishwives. These were the market women of Paris who have always had special relations to the French Monarchy and werelong standing royalists.

Detailed explanation-4: -They besieged the palace and forced King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) to return with them to Paris. The march, which began in the marketplaces of Paris as a reaction to food scarcity and anti-revolutionary actions by the king’s soldiers, stripped the king of much of his remaining independence and authority.