HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Maximilien Robespierre, Olympe De Gouges, Ligurian Republic
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History 215 february 9 th , 2016. Working class actors played a central role in the revolution: "let a lot of genies out of lamps"". The revolution opens space for women to occupy in political relations. Women have no right to vote, they are subordinate to men, and women did not have education and if they did it was inferior to the males. Many clubs for men to meet in paris especially, but also a few that was only for women. It became political itself to find reasons why women can"t be involved in politics. Globalization of political debates and warfare: nationalism, nationalist activists are in contact with each other. The revolution becomes part of this cracking of ideas in the world. She was a member of many clubs of the revolution for which she wrote many plays and political pamphlets. Maximilien de robespierre is executed (his own party went against him)