Question

Describe the role that french women played in revolutionary years

Answer 1

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The role of women in France during the revolutionary

years were :

(i) Women started their own political clubs and

newspapers.

(ii) They demanded the right to vote.

(iii) They demanded to be elected to the Assembly and to hold political office.

(iv) The revolutionary

Government introduced some laws for women.

(v) During the 'Reign of Terror', new Government ordered to close

women's clubs and ban political activities.

(vi) Women's movement for voting right continued through next two hundred

years.

(vii) Women's struggle for equal political rights continued during the

'Reign of Terror'. The government banned

their clubs and political activities. Many women got arrested. It was in 1946 that many women got the right to vote.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Women participated actively in the events that took place in France and brought about many changes in the society and polity of France. In Paris, Women walked out of their houses and left their traditional roles of being mother and housewives and made a significant contribution in the revolutionary politics. Following are the contribution given by women in the revolutionary years:

1. They actively participated in major events, for instance, the march to Versailles.

2. To strengthen their voice women founded various political clubs including the Society of Revolu-tionary and Republican Women.  

3. They found their newspaper to spread the ideas of liberty.  

4. Political activism was another role played by women, Olympe de Gouges can be taken as an example, who opposed the constitution and later drafted the declaration of rights

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