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Charlotte corday is born
Charlotte Corday, descended from nobles, is a major figure in the revolution. She would not only completely shake up the revolution, but would even inspire one of history's most important paintings. -
Declaration of Rights of Women
Olympe de gouges had grown sick of the inequality brought between men and women. She wrote and proposed a new constitution. It was called The Declaration of Rights of Women. The proposal was based on the old document, The Declaration of Rights of Man. There wasn’t much support met with the idea, but it still helped to spark more thoughts on equality. -
March to Versailles
After hearing of counter-revolutionary acts by the king and royal guards, a large group of women Marched to Versailles in demand of the king's accountability. More people, including men, joined them. They killed two of the guards and forced the king to move back to Paris. -
Spreading The Idea
Marie Jean-Caritat and Marquis de Condorcet published a newspaper in support of women's rights. It gained many people's attention and sparked a new group of civil laws for women. There would now be many groups of women who met and discussed political issues. -
Riots
In the fury of the rising bread prices, women often banged at the doors of shopkeepers and even invaded the shops. They egged and vandalized in protest for basic necessities. They continues to riot until they were offered fair prices. -
Assasination
Charlotte Corday, a noble daughter of an aristocrat, stabbed French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat. She did this by sneaking into his home and killing him while he took his mandatory bath. He needed to bathe often due to a hair-skin condition. -
Execution
Charlotte Corday was executed by guillotine in Paris after being condemned as a traitor for the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat. She blamed him for the revolution's extremist course and died at the young age of 24 years old. -
Suspicion
The revolution started to gain suspicion in the women activists and thought of them as dangerous. Through the fall of 1793, many women were tried and punished for their actions for women's rights.