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Olympe de Gouges: Feminist Pioneer

Marie Gouze, known as Olympe de Gouges, was a French playwright and political activist born in 1748 who was guillotined in 1793. She wrote plays criticizing slavery and the French court, and faced opposition from the theater establishment. In 1791, she published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman to advocate for equal rights between men and women. She was an early feminist who believed men and women were equal from birth and deserved the same rights. She opposed slavery and Robespierre's growing dictatorship, and was tried for treason and executed.

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Olympe de Gouges: Feminist Pioneer

Marie Gouze, known as Olympe de Gouges, was a French playwright and political activist born in 1748 who was guillotined in 1793. She wrote plays criticizing slavery and the French court, and faced opposition from the theater establishment. In 1791, she published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman to advocate for equal rights between men and women. She was an early feminist who believed men and women were equal from birth and deserved the same rights. She opposed slavery and Robespierre's growing dictatorship, and was tried for treason and executed.

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● Born Name: Marie Gouze She wrote a lot of plays with the objective of criticize th slavery and the
● Birth Date: May 7th, 1748 Versalles’ court. She had a lot of oppositors, including the Comédie
● Death Date: Nov 3rd, 1793 Française, who rejected her plays until the French Revolution started.
● Place of Birth: Montauban, France In 1791, she wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Woman as a cover of
● Place of Death: París, France The Declaration of the Rights of Men.
● Cause of Death: guillotined She published a lot of different pamphlets as revindication for different
● Religion: Deist things.
● Occupation: writer, politician She also defended divorce, childhood and disadvantaged.

Olympe de Gouges
Political Position Woman is born free and lives equal to man in
Olympe though women and men were equal from birth, and both her rights. Social distinctions can be based
deserved the same rights. She is considered one of the first feminist in only on the common utility.
the history.
She wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Woman (September 1791) She was judged on Nov 2nd charged with
She was also against slavery, something common in the epoch. treason for opposing to Robespierre’s
Maria had a very big opposition against Robespierre’s dictatorship and dictatorship.
defended power’s separation at the government. She was guillotined next day.

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