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5. What was the role of women in french revolution?

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The French Revolution was a period of social and political disturbance in France and its states that started in 1789 and finished in 1799. Roused by liberal and extremist thoughts, Its defeat of the Monarchy affected the decay of supreme Monarchies in different pieces of Europe. 

Job of ladies or women in the French revolution: Ladies were dynamic members from the start which got significant changes the nation France. Ladies from the third bequest needed to work professionally and they didn't approach schooling or occupation preparing. 
The most eminent interest of ladies during the French insurgency was the 'option to cast a ballot' and equivalent wages. 
To talk about and speak loudly for their requests, they began many 'political clubs' and 'papers', among which 'the general public of progressive' and 'conservative ladies were renowned'.  Perhaps the most notable French Revolutionary ladies was Olympe de Gouges.

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Women had no political rights in pre-Revolutionary France; they could not vote or hold any political office. They were considered "passive" citizens; forced to rely on men to determine what was best for them in the government.  Women were taught to be committed to their husbands and "all his interests.
Women were active participants in the French Revolution. Women in France were not empowered. Most of the women of the third estate had to work to earn their livelihood. They worked as seamstresses, sold flowers and vegetables or worked as domestic servants in the houses of wealthy families.
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Women were active participants in the French Revolution. Women in France were not empowered. Most of the women of the third estate had to work to earn their livelihood. They worked as seamstresses, sold flowers and vegetables or worked as domestic servants in the houses of wealthy families.
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They protested by intruding the bakery shops and marching on the roads with kitchen tools
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