Well, I'm going to be starting a short bit before the actual Revolution and begins, just to give the reader a feel for what's going on and how the gov't was so screwed up that it needed some major changes.
The main character can then follow different paths that determine what her role in the Revolution would be. Will she be one of those market fish ladies with some skill with blades? Will she be a servant in a noble household? Etc. And she's going to be a she because I kind of want her to be more closely associated with the person who kills Marat (I forgot the name... Cassandra? Catherine? Idk... lol)
When Louis XVI is dethroned and executed, then... well... I don't know. Perhaps she'll participate in fighting? Between the time of the start of the Revolution and Napoleon's reign, women actually had more freedom, and I'd like that to play a part in the amount of restriction placed on her too.
Idk. Just some thoughts spilled out. :)