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Module 4-Did women have a revolution ? - Coggle Diagram
Module 4-Did women have a revolution ?
Women of 3rd estate worked for a living
they did not have access to education
Only daughters of nobles or wealthier members of the 3rd estate could study
Working women had also to care for their families, that is, cook, fetch water, queue up for bread and look after the children.
They were active participants of the French revolution
hoped that their involvement would pressurize the revolutionary government to introduce measures to improve their lives.
started political clubs
The Society of Revolutionary and Republican Women was the most famous
wanted women to have same rights as man
demanded right to vote and to hold political office, only then would their plights be heard
OLYMPE DE GOUGES
one of the most politically active woman
criticized the declaration of rights of man and citizen
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introduced laws that helped improve the lives of women
schooling was compulsory for girls.
fathers could no longer force them into marriage
Divorce was made legal
During reign of terror women's clubs were forcibly shut down
prominent women were arrested and executed
finally in 1946 women in France won the right to vote