On Mother\'s Day, 31 May 1942, a group of women stormed a small grocery store at the intersection of two Parisian market streets, the rue de Buci and the rue de Seine, to Protest the food shortages that had become a chronic feature of daily life.
The so-called "women\'s demonstration on the rue de Buci" was one such protest, part of a large.
The then-outlawed French Communist party aimed to channel the frustrations of hungry Parisians by organizing such actions throughout the capital and beyond.
On Mother\'s Day, 31 May 1942, a group of women stormed a small grocery store at the intersection of two Parisian market streets, the rue de Buci and the rue de Seine, to Protest the food shortages that had become a chronic feature of daily life