The Society Of Revolutionary Republican Women

• May 1793: Pauline Leon and Claire Lacombe founded the society of Revolutionary Republican Women, which was becoming very popular
• it's members wanted stricter price controls, to drive out food hoarders, and to have the right to wear the revolutionary cap only worn by male citizens
• October 1793: Jacobins banned all women's clubs and societies

Other women were oppressed during this time such as:

• Olympe De Gouges
• She was opposed to the Terror
• she was tried and guillotined in November 1793

• Women were also excluded from the French army and attending meetings/galleries of the Convention

Pauline Leon

Claire Lacombe

Olympe De Gouges