Abray The French Revolution Summary

In this article, Abray provides a brief history of feminism during the French Revolution and suggests reasons for its failure. She argues that the most important reason for the failure of Revolutionary feminism was that it that it was a minority interest and that the movement was inaccessible to the majority of French women who accepted their status during the 18th century. Another reason she provides is that the movement was incapable of garnering support from the male leaders of the Revolution and therefore, was unable to gain support from any of the important Revolutionary groups. Abray also underlines the disreputable characters of the feminist leaders, the fact that they made strategic errors, and a “spirit of the times” which countered