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Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the [Female] Citizen is a pamphlet by Olympe de Gouges published in France in 1791. Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the [Female] Citizen | Definition & Facts | Britannica
Olympe de Gouges (1748—1793) “Woman has the right to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum” wrote Olympe de Gouges in 1791 in the best known of her writings The Rights of Woman (often referenced as The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen ), two years before she would be the third ...
Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached large audiences. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s, and as the political tensions of the French Revolution built, she became more involved in politics and law.
Olympe de Gouges (7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) was one of the first women to fight for equal rights. She is best remembered for championing women's rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791) but her profound humanism led her to strongly oppose discrimination, violence and oppression in all its forms.
Olympe de Gouges, née Marie Gouze *May 7, 1748 (Montauban, France) †November 3, 1793 (Paris, France) Spouses: Louis-Yves Aubry. Children: General Pierre Aubry de Gouges. Olympe de Gouges was a playwright and political activist during the French Revolution.
French author and activist Marie Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) achieved modest success as a play wright in the 18th century, but she became best known for her political writing and support of the French Revolution. Considered a feminist pioneer, de Gouges was an advocate of women's rights.
Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism.
