Female students were to learn the very basics of education – how to read and write, and also how to do traditional female work such as nursing and embroidering. Pupils had little choice over their career – most were forced into a military career. .

             What is considered to be Napoleon"s most significant achievement for France was his establishment of the 'Napoleonic Code". This was the codifying of all France"s civil, commercial and criminal law. This marked a trend to centralize and organize power on a national level. This code was successful as it formed the basis of many European legal systems. This 'code" was requested in many grievances, which were sent to Louis XVI and was demanded by the revolutionaries". Thus Napoleon appeared to be truly the "heir of the revolution" as he had so claimed. The code took into account issues that the revolution had stood for, such as equality before the law and freedom of religion. .

             This Civil code also gave equal inheritance to all offspring should a parent die. Marriage became a civil rather than a religious act. Napoleon stopped a proposal for girls to marry at thirteen and for boys to marry at fifteen. Instead, he increased the marital age to eighteen for girls and twenty for boys. The civil code also permitted divorce. On the other hand, according to John Merriman, this was also an incomplete achievement and did not satisfy everyone. Napoleon went against one of the revolution beliefs – equality for women. A woman"s wage went to her husband and she could also not buy any property without her husband"s or male relatives" permission . Women had to be committed to obedience and fidelity to their husbands. Napoleon further betrayed the opinions of most French people by declaring women were " nothing more than machines for producing children". He also betrayed the revolution by abolishing titles that the revolutionaries had abolished such as Duke or Prince.