Even if they did not gain equal rights, they were known for trying and being known and recognized.
Throughout the French Revolution women were realizing that their basic needs and standards were not met and were not treated as basic human beings or normal people in their society. Especially since,“They were not considered full citizens. Their husbands controlleed their property and had to give their permission should a wife wish to sell anything or transact any kind of business”(Streissguth). Streissguth describes that women are portrayed as worthless objects in society, that have no basic human rights let alone rights to be equal to men. At this period of the French Revolution people are starting to notice that women are not treated well, and finally have recognized
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Streissguth even also states that the, “Women had no right to sue, no right to serve in the army, and no right to divorce. Even to bring about a legal separation from her husband, a women had to prove that her life was in imminent danger”(Streissguth). The right to wed and divorce should not be looked on as a privilege. These are personal and equal choices between the relationship, not the husband and laws. The women of the French Revolution find this situation very unfair. At this point there is no exaggeration. It says clearly in the law, that women have basic rights, that women are not equal to men, and the government needs to change that.
During the French Revolution women started to realize their status in society and this became a result in activism and rebellion. One of their acts of rebellion was this declaration that stated, “Mothers, daughters, sisters [and] representatives of the nation demand to be constituted into a national assembly. Believing that ignorance, omission, or scorn for the rights of woman are the only causes of public misfortunes and of the corruption of governments, ….. and in order that