 | Between the Queen and the Cabby: Olympe de Gouges''s Rights of Woman Subjects: Gouges Olympe de 1748?–1793; Gouges Olympe de 1748–1793. Droits de la femme; France. Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen; Women’s rights -- France -- History -- 18th century; France -- History -- Revolution 1789–1799 -- Women; Students of the French Revolution and of women's right are generally familiar with Olympe de Gouges's bold adaptation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, her Rights of Woman has usually been extracted from its literary con John R. Cole is the Thomas Hedley Reynolds Professor of History at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. |
