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...... This triggered the womens political spirit, as they joined into clubs in order to publish their own bills of rights. The Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizeness (1791)[1] was the result of one such club and a determined way of action by politically-spirited women to address their rights in a period of continuous change and challenges. The results of their struggle and of their implication in promoting legislation that would support their rights reached a culmination in late 1792 and early 1793, when they had obtained several rights, including that of marrying without parental consent , initiate divorce[2] etc
However, as mentioned in the thesis, women were also significantly involved in state politics and at the highest decision making levels, despite the fact that the political world remained predominantly male dominated. She had accompanied her husband to Paris in 1791, as he became a member of the National Assembly[3] and became actively involved in current times politics, with actions that included pamphlets on the new order of things and holding a saloon that brought together some of the most important political voices of the times. As a Girondist, her approach was always a moderate one, which

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