WHY WERE WOMEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF 1791? WHAT LAWS DID THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT INTRODUCE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WOMEN?
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Explanation:
(i) State schools were created and schooling was made compulsory for all girls.
(ii) Women could no longer be forced to marry against their wishes.
(iii) Marriage was made into a contract, entered into freely and registered under civil law.
(iv) Divorce was made legal and could be applied for by both women and men.
The women were unhappy with the constitution of 1791 because 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.
Women were dissatisfied because they were not provided the equivalent political benefits as men, that is, right to vote, to be chosen to the Assembly and to embrace administrative office.
introduced laws to improve the lives of women. Schooling was made compulsory for all girls. ... Divorce was made legal and could be applied for, by both men and women. Women could now be trained for jobs, could become artists or run small businesses.
Women in the American Revolution. Women supported the American Revolution by making homespun cloth, working to produce goods and services to help the army, and even serving as spies.
Answer:
The revolutionary government in the early years introduced several laws to improve the condition of women in France:
(i) State schools were created and schooling was made compulsory for all girls.
(ii) Women could no longer be forced to marry against their wishes.
(iii) Marriage was made into a contract, entered into freely and registered under civil law.
(iv) Divorce was made legal and could be applied for by both women and men.
(v) Women could now train for jobs, could become artists or run small businesses.