Question

imagine yourself as olympe de gouges. write about her revolutionary ideas and her protest against the Constitution and declaration of rights of man and citizens in 150 words.

Answer 1

As political tension rose in France, Olympe de Gouges became increasingly politically engaged. She became an outspoken advocate against the slave trade in the French colonies in 1788. At the same time, she began writing political pamphlets. Today she is perhaps best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men. In her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality. She was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror for attacking the regime of the Revolutionary government and for her association with the Girondists.

Answer 2

Olympe De Gouge, her original name was Marie Gouge. She was born on 7th May 1748 at Montauban in France. She was a French playwright and political activist. She wrote 40 plays, 2 novels and almost 70 political pamphlets. She was an advocate of women rights also. Her writings on women's rights and slave trade in French colonies reached a large number of audience. Her writings add fuel to the French Revolution. In 1979 she wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen. Through this she declared men and women are equal and the women should get same rights as the men. This declaration was the exact opposite that times interim governments Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. The interim Government sees this as a national threat and decided to execute her. As a result she was executed by the guillotine on 3rd November 1793.