. Describe the conditions of women during the period of French Revolution. very imp please
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- Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they could not vote or hold any political office. They were considered "passive" citizens; forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them in the government.
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Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they were considered "passive" citizens, forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them.
- That changed dramatically in theory as there seemingly were great advances in feminism.
- Feminism emerged in Paris as part of a broad demand for social and political reform.
- The women demanded equality to men and then moved on to a demand for the end of male domination.
Their chief vehicle for agitation were pamphlets and women's clubs, especially the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women.
However, the Jacobin element in power abolished all the women's clubs in October 1793 and arrested their leaders.
- The movement was crushed.
Devance explains the decision in terms of the emphasis on masculinity in wartime, Marie Antoinette's bad reputation for feminine interference in state affairs, and traditional male supremacy.
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