Women are presented apart from the Revolution or beside it; they are not included in the revolutionary process, conceptualized as it is without reference to their involvement. And once we do start to become more particularly interested in the women of the Revolution, it is a Revolution that, despite its richness and complexity, exists only as a backdrop. Women do not seem attached to it in any way— rather, they seem to transcend the social classes and political groups. Although women have become subjects worthy of historical interest, they are denied status as active subjects of Revolutionary history and their actions play more importance in the history of women than in the history of the Revolution.