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For those who did not support the Popular Front, the events of June 1936 when the Popular Front took power were frightening. The strikes, the workplace seizures, and the general

feeling of revolution were troubling, especially if they were to continue. Of course,

they did not continue, as we discussed last

episode. With the fall of the first Popular Front government, another, which would pursue a roughly

similar program was put in its place under the leadership of Camille Chetam as prime minister.

The new government was made up almost entirely of radicals, either of the independent or socialist

variety, and was primarily an early 30s-style centrist government. There would be continued reforms

in many areas of French society. Some of the most important would be the creation of a

nationalized rail system and greater rights for women, which gave them their financial and legal independence.

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