1. Women in France
In 1788 she published a pamphlet expressing the hope that women would play a key role in the forthcoming work of national regeneration, and invited women to make financial sacrifices to help bring about political reformation. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Woman was Gouges's most important contribution to advancing woman's rights in the Revolution. ... The cahiers des doleances also demonstrated how a woman's social class determined which issues she chose to embrace and fight. ... The market women demanded protection of their professional rights through the reestablishmen...
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