Question

Describe the role of Women in French Revolution.

Answer 1

Women fared differently during different phases of the French Revolution and not all women participated in the same way or had anywhere near the same views of the Revolution itself. This was particularly true of aristocrats like Marie Antoinette, who was famously executed along with her husband, King Louis, during the Revolution. Many women attempted to participate in revolutionary activities, although this was met with mixed success. In a successful group of political action by women, a large group of angry women gathered for the March to Versailles, an early event in the Revolution that was brought about by bread shortages causing hunger and hardship for ordinary citizens. The March happened soon after the fall of the Bastille in 1789, and the female protestors were eventually joined by a group of men outside the palace.