Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ely, Christopher
Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair
McGetchin, Douglas
Abstract
This thesis examines three women who committed the unprecedented crime of attempting to assassinate a key male figure in three separate times and places. It involves the government’s and society’s reaction and implications about the role of gender in the violent deeds transforming society at times of revolutionary upheaval. The women examined are Charlotte Corday from eighteenth century France, Vera Zasulich from nineteenth century Russia, and Shi Jianqiao from twentieth century China. These women shared numerous qualities that, when combined, provided the women with the ability to see themselves as equals in the patriarchal societies in which they lived, allowing them to participate in the typically male dominated public sphere.
Recommended Citation
Zigmond, Ashleah, "Three Assassins: Women, Revolution and Violence in Modern World History" (2011). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019. 89.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors_2/89
Extent
100 p.
Identifier
FA00003610_0
Comments
Includes bibliography.