✊🏽 On this day in 1789: French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark. 
📷 Image 1 by the National Library of France. 

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The #WomensMarchOnVersailles effectively broke royal authority at an early stage in the #FrenchRevolution on #ThisDayInHistory in 1789. Armed women demanded to meet the king, who agreed to their demands, but they broke in the next day and at gunpoint drove the king back to Paris.