What was the effect of lack of education in the lives of working women before the Revolution?

Correct answer: Opportunities for better work and political participation remained limited

The governing concept is the relationship between education, economic opportunity and political participation. Many women of the Third Estate worked for wages, sold goods, or supported household production, but limited access to schooling reduced their literacy and restricted the occupations open to them. Education could help a person read political arguments, understand laws, communicate demands and seek skilled employment. Without it, working women were more likely to remain in low-paid and insecure work and had fewer chances to influence public decisions. Option A is correct because it describes both important consequences: restricted employment mobility and restricted political participation. Options B, C and D are implausible because lack of education did not make women ministers, transfer all property to them or exempt them from taxation. Education was one part of a wider struggle for equality.