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From the very beginning, women were active participants in the events which brought about so many important changes in French society. They hoped that their involvement would pressurise the revolutionary government to introduce measures to improve their living. They worked as seamstresses or laundresses, sold flowers, fruits and vegetables at the market, or were employed as domestic servants in the houses of prosperous people. Most women did not have access to education or job training. Only daughters of nobles or wealthier members of the third estates could study at a convent, after which their families arranged a marriage for them. Working women also had to care for their families, and look after the children. Their wages were lower than those of men.

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Women were active participants in important events in French society. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen under the Constitution of 1791 declared only tax-paying men above 25 years of age as citizens of the nation. Women were not given any voting rights. They were, however, always a part of the constantly changing French society. They worked as house helpers and laundresses and sold fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and apart from this work, they were taking care of their families too. These women hoped the new revolutionary government would notice their hardships and introduce measures for them.

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