Women had to work for a living and also had to take care of their families.
Women were paid lower wages as compared to men.
Women started their own political clubs and newspapers such as ‘The Society of Revolutionary and Republican Women’.
They demanded for equal political rights.
The revolutionary government introduced state schools. Schooling was made compulsory for all girls, marriage could not be forced upon and divorce was made legal.
During the Reign of Terror, laws were issued for closing women’s clubs and banning their political activities.
