User:Gcocucci2/Women in the French Revolution

Single and married women had the same lack of rights. They did have rights in civil and criminal courts, which aloud their testimonies to be heard. In some instances women were aloud to be part of contractual relationships however, they were not aloud to aloud to be part of notarized acts such as wills. For most women, all of their rights were under their fathers authority until marriage, then the authority would be passed down to the husband. Married women had no rights over herself nor any property. Only in the instance of her husbands death would women be allowed ownership over property. Laws and traditions confined women to work strenuous, labor- intensive jobs, which gave earnings that were significantly lower than men's income, and did not allow rights to improve their status or become masters at their trade. Women had some political rights, including women in religious orders, noblewomen and some women of the Third Estate including widows. There involvement in political matters pertained to being allowed to send representatives to participate in primary assemblies..