what was the condition of women in France before the revolution
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Before the revolution
1.Most women from the third estate had to work for a living.
2. They worked as seamstress, laundresses, sold flowers, fruits, and vegetable at the market or were employed as domestic servants.
3.Most women didn’t have access to education or job training.
4. Only daughters of nobles or wealthier members of the third estate could study at convent, after which their family arranged a marriage for them.
5. Working women had also to care for their families, that is, cool,fetch water, queue up for bread and look after the children.
6. Their wages were lower than those of men.
7. The constitution of 1791 also reduced them to passive voters.
1.Most women from the third estate had to work for a living.
2. They worked as seamstress, laundresses, sold flowers, fruits, and vegetable at the market or were employed as domestic servants.
3.Most women didn’t have access to education or job training.
4. Only daughters of nobles or wealthier members of the third estate could study at convent, after which their family arranged a marriage for them.
5. Working women had also to care for their families, that is, cool,fetch water, queue up for bread and look after the children.
6. Their wages were lower than those of men.
7. The constitution of 1791 also reduced them to passive voters.
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