Which is the most accurate pair of achievement and failure of the women's rights movement?

Correct answer: Achievement: compulsory schooling for girls and the right to divorce; failure: exclusion from voting and political office

During the French Revolution, state schools were established and schooling for girls was made compulsory. Marriage was treated as a civil contract, and divorce was legalised, allowing women to apply for it. However, women were denied the right to vote, be elected to the Assembly, or hold political office. Option C wrongly treats legal divorce as a failure, although it was an important reform. Exam tip: distinguish women’s social and civil gains from the political rights they were still denied.