Woman+Status+Change+during+Revolutions

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__Compare and contrast the extent to which the French Revolution (1789-1799) and the Russian Revolution (1917-1924) changed the status of women.__

__Thesis__: In both the French and Russian Revolution, women participated in changing the history of the country; though in France, women became more involved in political affairs while in Russia, women revolted over the food prices as seen in the March Revolution.

__**French Revolution Women (1789-1799)**__

 * most men believed a women's place was in the home and not to do with political or military affairs
 * spectators at sessions of revolutionary clubs and at the National Convention
 * 1793:
 * two women found the Society for Revolutionary Republican Women
 * mainly working class women
 * Paris Commune
 * outlawed women's clubs and didn't allow them to attend meetings

__**Russian Revolution (1917-1924)**__

 * "series of rebellions against the Russian czar (emperor), Nicolass II"
 * March Revolution
 * February 1917: gov. established bread rationing after bread prices increased dramatically
 * number of women working doubled since 1914
 * women's march in capital city of Petrograd
 * "Peace and Bread"
 * "Down with Autocracy"
 * joined by others --> general strike
 * shut down all factories in the city
 * this changed the course of Russian history

Barnes, Andrew. "Russian Revolution of 1917." //World Book Student. // World Book, 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2011. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar748536&st=women+in+russian+revolution