Question

women in France faced great hardship and struggle a lot to get social and political equality. explain.​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

French women. 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. That changed dramatically in theory as there seemingly were great advances in feminism. Feminism emerged in Paris as part of a broad demand for social and political reform. The women demanded equality to men and then moved on to a demand for the end of male domination. Their chief vehicle for agitation were pamphlets and women's clubs, especially the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women. However, the Jacobin element in power abolished all the women's clubs in October 1793 and arrested their leaders. The movement was crushed. Devance explains the decision in terms of the emphasis on masculinity in wartime, Marie Antoinette's bad reputation for feminine interference in state affairs, and traditional male supremacy.[1] A decade later the Napoleonic Code confirmed and perpetuated women's second-class status.[2]

Answer 2

Women in France faced great hardship and struggle a lot to get social and political equality

Explanation:

• Women before the revolution in France had no voting rights; they were not allowed to vote or hold any elected post. They were deemed to be "passive" citizens; required to depend on men to decide the government's interests.
• Women were taught to be devoted to their husbands and "all his interests. These categories were defined by men and women were forced to take male domination in the political arena. Education in a woman also required learning to be a successful wife and mother and, therefore, women would not be part of the political arena, as their power was limited by the raising of future citizens
• Several women acted aggressively as the Revolution began and used the tumultuous political climate to affirm their professional identity. The Versailles Women's March is but one example of women 's protest during the French Revolution. While some women had taken a passive course, and sometimes violent, some had preferred to influence events by writing, publishing and gathering.
• The growing call for social and democratic change in Paris has culminated in feminism. Women demanded parity with men and then went on to argue that male dominance should be reversed.
• Pamphlets and women's clubs, especially the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, were their key instruments for agitation. But in October 1793 all women's clubs were dissolved and their members imprisoned by the Jacobin force in government. The Napoleonic Code reiterated and maintained second class status of women a decade later.