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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Roles of women in the French Revolution Women played a critical role during the French Revolution that started in 1789 and ended in the year 1790 with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, which created a long-term impact on French women and Europe at large. Initially, they were regarded as passive citizens who always relied on their husbands to make any decision. They had no political rights and were not supposed to participate in any active politics (Bell and Desmond). Therefore, women took care of their children and educated them; they took active roles in organizing for strikes, took part in the role of media, and acted as feminist agitators, as discussed below. ascent Women actively participated in taking care of their children and educate them. They were supposed to acquire the required education to assist them in bringing up their children and at the same time, teaching them (Horton and Tori 20). Understanding the concept of marriage and the role of motherhood dominated the aspect of a female's learning. They always stayed at home and acted as angels in their houses. Most women during the revolutionary period acted in a collective striking fashion. First and foremost, they were responsible for the provision of food to their families. During the years 1792 and 1793, widespread unemployment and prices for bread sky rocked, making it difficult for them to continue providing for their families (Doyle and William 1). During this time of economic crisis in France, women mobilized themselves and engaged in the shop to shop riots

Surname 2 demanding a decrease in the prices of such commodities. Women regularly played a critical role, joining their colleagues to demand to reduce the costs of foodstuffs and to confiscate them to go and sell them at fair prices. Women took part in the role of the media. Women organized meetings, published articles, and wrote books to influence events during the revolution period. For example, Olympe de Gouges wrote several plays and novels such as "Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen," which she published in the year 1791 (Henkin and Louis 49). She agitated for women's rights in society. She also wrote many letters and petitions against the government policies, which did not allow women to participate in voting and active politics. Therefore, through their outspoken feminist Olympe de Gouges, they demanded gender equality and the rights of females (De Gouges). They acted as feminist agitators. During the revolution, most women agitated for their rights both in private and public sectors (DuBois, Ellen 20). They were against the rights that were there at that time; hence, they fought for collectiveness within the society. Therefore, women participated in reviving the way society perceived them. Their rights were finally granted to them and treated the same way as the male gender. The role of females was more significant during the revolution because they took care of their children and educated them. They collectively participated in organizing for strikes, took a critical role in the media and publishing of materials for enlightening people, and acted as feminist agitators who advocated for equality in the society. Therefore, women participated in bringing sanity in France, where women were no longer considered as only mothers but entirely given their rights in the nation as their counterparts. They were allowed to participate in politics actively and hold positions in the government.

Surname 3 Works cited Doyle, William. The Oxford history of the French revolution. Oxford University Press, 2018. DuBois, Ellen Carol. "Woman suffrage and the Left: an international socialist-feminist perspective." New Left Review 186 (1991): 20-45. Henkin, Louis. "Revolutions and constitutions." La. L. Rev. 49 (1988): 1023. Horton, Tori Anne. Furies of the guillotine: female revolutionaries in the French Revolution and Victorian literary imagination. Diss. 2016. De Gouges, Olympe. "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen." The French Revolution and Human Rights: A Brief Documentary History (1791): 124-129. Bell, Desmond. "Documentary film and the poetics of history." Journal of Media Practice 12.1 (2011): 3-25....