1. Women in France
... after the French Revolution. The majority of men believed that women's participation in government was both unnecessary and redundant. Women were assumed to have the same interest and opinions as the men who represented them, and they were repeatedly assured that their husbands, sons, and fathers would always have their best interest at heart. Women were encouraged to support the Revolution by assuming ... been guillotined as a counterrevolutionary earlier that year (8). After this defeat, women could do no more than circulate petitions and silently watch the proceedings of the National ...
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