Michelle Perrot has written histories on labor history, prison history, and women's history. Originally, she had a scientific approach, but later developed a more literary approach to writing. She was raised in a well to do family and went to a catholic all girls school despite he parents being anti-clerical. In this religious environment she learned to show compassion which would lead her to fight against injustice in her adult life. Though not a communist, she did have leftist leaning. She was very vocal during the Algerian war and when Khrushchev denounced Stalin. She defended and supported workers and labor unions writing several histories about strikes and other social injustices in France.
How did her early life influence her life's work?
Was her work politically motivated?
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