how was the live
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french revolution
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When the French Revolution began in 1789, French women were largely confined to the private sphere. Domestic duty and family obligation dictated their behavior, and the public life was a man's domain. ... Women were eager to voice their political opinions and grievances
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CONDITION OF WOMEN BEFORE REVOLUTION:
1. Most women of the third estate had to work for a living. They worked as seamstresses or
laundresses, sold flowers, fruits and vegetables at the market, or were employed as domestic
servants in the houses of prosperous people.
2. Most women did not have access to education or job training. Only daughters of nobles or
wealthier members of the third estate could study at a convent, after which their families arranged
a marriage for them.
3. Working women had also to care for their families, that is, cook, fetch water, queue up for bread
and look after the children. Their wages were lower than those of men.
POLITICAL CLUB OF WOMEN AND THEIR DEMAND; CHANGES IN THE LIFE OF WOMEN
AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT:
1. In order to discuss and voice their interests’ women started their own political clubs and
newspapers. About sixty women’s clubs came up in different French cities. The Society of
Revolutionary and Republican Women was the most famous of them.
2. One of their main demands was that women enjoy the same political rights as men. Women were
disappointed that the Constitution of 1791 reduced them to passive citizens. They demanded the
right to vote, to be elected to the Assembly and to hold political office. Only then, they felt,
would their interests be represented in the new government.
3. The revolutionary government did introduce laws that helped improve the lives of women.
Together with the creation of state schools, schooling was made compulsory for all girls.
4. Their fathers could no longer force them into marriage against their will. Marriage was made into a contract entered into freely and registered under civil law.
5. Divorce was made legal, and could be applied for by both women and men. Women could now train for jobs, could become artists or run small businesses.
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