After the whole sugar extravaganza the women of Paris started to become actively involved in street politics. Being involved in street politics allowed the women to express their opinions by using demonstrations, petitions. "Perhaps the most significant female participation in the French Revolution came in the early 1790's with the advent of the women's political club." The women's political club provided an intellectual stimulation and a way to exercise some sort of political pressure on the National Assembly. The Assembly, which was around since the beginning of the revolution and neglected to allow women to join until the 1790's. The women joined a group that stemmed from the National Assembly called Le Confederation des amis de la verite (The Confederation of the Friends of Truth). "In addition to having a general policy supportive of the crucial rights questions of female education and wife- initiated divorce, this club offered a women's section, led by a Dutch immigrant......
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