Madame Roland

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877) was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer. He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history. Madame Roland was, together with her husband Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, a supporter of the French Revolution and influential member of the Girondist faction. She fell out of favor during the Reign of Terror and died on the guillotine.