Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, faternity. The motto of the French Revolution. Overthrow the rich landowners, equality for all. No, not quite. Not for women. Equality? A vote for change?
Their lot during this so-called revolutionary time was basically the same. No vote, their political salons disrupted, and the women arrested. Take, for instance, Olympe de Gouges. Denied her right to an attorney during her trial, eventually executed for royalist sympathies though her plays show anything but.
For more reading:
Women in the French Revolution - Wikipedia
The Many Roles of Women in the French Revolution (thoughtco.com)
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