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Collapse of bourbon monarchy
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Epidemic of cholera swept through Paris killing up to 1200 people each day. Large slums areas were forming in Paris; thousands of people lived without work, some without clothes, and many alcoholic. Homelessness, disease, and starvation were common.
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Frederic Ozanam gathered a few friends around him and on 23 April 1833, they met to decide what they could do to assist the poor.
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Revolution swept through france
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Until 1963 women were organised separately throughout the world as the 'Womans Society of St. Vincent de Paul', with headquarters in Bologna, Italy.