Question

why were political clubs formed in france ?

Answer 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. 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. In the early years, 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. 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. 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.

Answer 2

Large sections of the population believe that the revolution had to be carried further, as the constitution of 1791 had given the rights only to the richer section. So political clubs became important for the people who wished to discuss government policies and plant their own forms of action. The most successful of these clubs was the jacobin club. women too formed their own clubs to get the right to vote