‘While women were given many rights during the ‘Reign of Terror’, it was also responsible for suppressing the voice of women.’ Elaborate while providing suitable examples.
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Reign of Terror, also called the Terror, French La Terreur, period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II). With civil war spreading from the Vendée and hostile armies surrounding France on all sides, the Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day (September 5 decree) and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution (nobles, priests, and hoarders). In Paris a wave of executions followed. In the provinces, representatives on mission and surveillance committees instituted local terrors. The Terror had an economic side embodied in the Maximum, a price-control measure demanded by the lower classes of Paris, and a religious side that was embodied in the program of de-Christianization pursued by the followers of Jacques Hébert.
During the Terror, the Committee of Public Safety (of which Maximilien de Robespierre was the most prominent member) exercised virtual dictatorial control over the French government. In the spring of 1794, it eliminated its enemies to the left (the Hébertists) and to the right (the Indulgents, or followers of Georges Danton). Still uncertain of its position, the committee obtained the Law of 22 Prairial, year II (June 10, 1794), which suspended a suspect’s right to public trial and to legal assistance and left the jury a choice only of acquittal or death. The “Great Terror” that followed, in which about 1,400 persons were executed, contributed to the fall of Robespierre on July 27 (9 Thermidor).
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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
Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they were considered "passive" citizens, forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them. ... However, the Jacobin element in power abolished all the women's clubs in October 1793 and arrested their leaders. The movement was crushed.
Women were not allowed to work during the 18th century in France. They thought that women were only permitted to the kitchen and to look after their children. They were not allowed to make decisions for their family. But finally they got the independence to make decisions and to vote after a long struggle.