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describe the condition of women during French Revolution and what did they do to voice their interest

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Answered by shraddha33204

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shraddha33204: women, especially in Paris, stepped out of their traditional domestic role as a mother and wife. They were directly involved with major events, such as the attack on the Bastille, the October Days of 1789, and bread riots throughout the revolution.
Women started selling flowers,fruit and vegetables in the market to support their husbands and family financially.

shraddha33204: To discuss and voice their interests woman started their own political clubs and newspspers and raised many important issues such as-

Providing education or job training to women of all sections.
They demanded higher wages as were given to men in those days
One of their main demands were to enjoy the same political rights as men.
About sixty women 's clubs came up in different French cities.

Answered by Rosè2004

• Women were taught to be submissive to their husbands and rear good children.

• They were not allowed to study.

• They were married off at a young age without their consent.

• Working women were paid less wages as compared to men.

• During revolutionary years, women started their own political clubs and newspapers. They set up about sixty women's clubs in different cities of France.

• The most famous among them was Society of Revolutionary and republican women.

• They also demanded to enjoy the same political rights as men

• The most active woman in the revolution was Olympe de Gouges.

• She wrote many pamphlets, books, plays to give women equal rights as same as men

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