Question

Did women have a revolution in 1789 and after it? Mention 5 points in support of the answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

yes.

Explanation:

from the beginning itself women were active participants in the events that brought so many changes in the french society .

1.  their wages were lower than those of men

2. they were disappointed that the constitution of 1791 reduced them to passive citizens.

3. they wanted right to vote , only then their interests would be represented in the new government

4. during the reign of terror , the new government issued laws of banning of women s clubs and their political parties  , many of them were arrested and a number of them executed.

5. The women demanded equality to men . so that they could improve their lives

Answer 2

Yes women did have a part in the French revolution of 1789 as well as after it

Explanation:

• When the Revolt began, some women fought vigorously to demonstrate their active identity through the turbulent political atmosphere. Women could not be excluded from the political arena during the revolution.They swore loyalty oaths,  solemn declaration of patriotic loyalty, and assertions of the political responsibility of citizenship".
• De Corday d'Armont the an example ofwoman having participated in the revolution was sympathetic to the revolutionary political group of the Girondians, and she murdered the Jacobine leader Jean-Paul Marat.
• Other women such as Pauline Léon and her "Society of Revolutionary Republican Women", during the Revolution, backed radical Jacobins, protested and took part in the riots and also used military force.

The role of women in France during the revolutionary years were:

1. Women began their own newspapers & political clubs.
2. They had started to demand the right to vote.
3. They also demanded  that they be elected to the Assembly as well as to hold "political office".
4. The revolutionary govt had introduced certain laws for women. At the time of the "Reign of Terror", new govt ordered to close women's clubs & ban political activities.
5. The women's right to vote campaign continued for another two hundred years later. During the 'Reign of Terror' women's fight for "equal political rights" continued. The government banned the parties and political activities. A number of people have been arrested. Finally, several women were entitled to vote in 1946.