Women came into the forefront on October 5, 1789, when they marched to Versailles and brought King Louis the sixteenth back to Paris.   The Society of Revolutionary and Republican Women was formed in 1793 to voice its opinion and grievances against the constitution of 1791 which denied them the right to vote.  The eminent writer and political activist, Olympe de Gouges opposed the constitution and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen of 1791. She later drafted the Declaration of Rights for Women and Citizen.   Olympe de Gouges was charged with treason and was guillotined on November 2, 1793.

The revolution carried out by the women of France triggered the international suffrage movement, for the next two centuries.

As a result of this movement, in 1946, the women of France won the right to exercise their franchise and equal wages....