Une Révolution pour tous ? Comment des femmes anglaises ont vécu et écrit la Révolution : le cas de Mary Wollstonecraft et Helen Maria Williams

The upheaval of the French Revolution shook the whole Europe. British society is arguably the one that felt the consequences of these events the most. Among the many English writers who questioned the impact and consequences of the Revolution, on whom historiography has long focused, Mary Wollstonecraft and Helen Maria Williams constitute a particularly interesting case study. They not only played an important role in the interpretation of the Revolution, but also on the participation front by deciding to settle in Paris to see for themselves the events in France. Studying how Mary Wollstonecraft and Helen Williams described and experienced the French Revolution allows us to reflect on the construction of the history of the Revolution through the gaze of women and strangers and to claim the agency of those, like Wollstonecraft and Williams, who have travelled, written, and spoken to defend their rights.