What is the role of women …

Weman play an important role in French revolution and in French society. Historians since the late 20th century have debated how women shared in the French Revolution and what long-term impact it had on 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] Lady Liberty leading the people of the French Revolution of 1830 Club of patriotic women in a church Traditional roles Revolutionary action See also Notes Further reading Last edited 14 days ago by Eclectic Eccentric RELATED ARTICLES French Revolution Revolution in France, 1789 to 1799 Militant feminism in the French Revolution Society of Revolutionary Republican Women French Revolution political club. Hope it helps you ? Thank you?