Preface
With joy and envy I read the lives of those great
women of the past--the \"Moscow Amazons\" of the
ties， seventies， and eighties who helped assassinate t
\"P6troleuses\" who mounted the barricades of Paris l
Commune， and all the other brave， single-minded
devoted .their lives to the revolution: Rosa Luxerc
Goldma~ Louise Michel， La Pasionafia.
Their/!Jives are so direct， their stories high drama
with the s[~tions of their birth， skip quickly to the cr
of childhood--the one riveting moment when the ~，
unspeakable cruelty or the touching kindness of a co
(an aunt， a teacher)awakens them from their slur
cence to pose their destiny. They brood， then plung~
reading the book that will change their lives by its stl
tions or wrestling with the idea that will launch the
implacable commitment. Nothing will keep them nc
ing the provinces for St. Petersburg， for Zurich，
Paris， where \"the new ideas fill the air.\" Studying 1
university or philosophy in a workers study group， th
every night， sometimes till dawn， passionately deba
ideas with their \"little circle\" or reading the forbidd
pass secretly， from hand to hand， until at last they t~
cable step by which they merge their lives with t
\"comrades\" in \"the Great Cause\" of \"our genera1
times they speak of love， but men are by no means
element in their lives.) Long before they die， which
pared to do at any time， each one knows the very wo
to pass on to the future:
Sofia Bardina: \"Persecute us--you have material
while， gentlemen， butwe have moral strength， tll
ideas; and ideas， alas， you cannot pierce with bayor
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