Women During The French Revolution

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Women in the French Revolution

During the French Revolution in the 18th Century women participated by starting to guide men, wealthy men to get together to talk about politics, religion, philosophy, anecdotes, and news. Also women engaged in social networking, charities; women used letters, cards, asked around, newspapers and people outside. Those were just some examples of what I will be discussing in this essay, as you can see women were starting to stand up for themselves and get themselves involved in things that they are not supposed to. I believe the women did the right thing in getting themselves very involved making some major changes in the 18th Century.

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