Question

evaluate the role of women in France before the revolution

Answer 1

Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they could not vote or hold any political office. They were considered as passive citizens.

Women in Western society lived their lives almost entirely governed by the will of men.
Women were expected to live within the domestic sphere; their primary duties were cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, and other household responsibilities.

Answer 2

Women played a very significant role in France before the French revolution. They played an active role and brought about important changes. the word for their living like dressmakers, laundry workers, flower vendors, fruit and vegetable vendors. Sometimes they also worked as maid servants for rich people. They cooked food, fetched under water and stood in queues for bread. In order to discuss and voice their interest women started theirs own political clubs in newspapers. One of the major demand was right to vote. The society of revolutionary and Republican women was one such club formed by women.