What role did women play during the revolutionary years? Write a few lines on Olympic de gouges
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Imagine one woman trying to start a revolution in a time where women only stayed at home and served their husbands and children. This is only one of the obstacles Olympe de Gouges faces in her path to giving everyone equal rights. De Gouges was one of the first advocates for women’s rights, democracy, and the abolition of slavery in the French-American colonies.

Olympe de Gouges was born in Montaubon in Southern France, on May 7, 1748. The records say she was born from modest parents: a butcher and a washerwoman. However, her true parents are somewhat of a mystery. It is commonly believed she was the daughter if Pierre Gouze and Anne Olympe Moisset. Even though a rumor spread that she was the daughter of a person high in social rank named Marquis Lefranc de Pompignan. Another rumor stated she was the illegitimate daughter of King Louis XV. Her true parentage was never revealed, that led to her rebelliousness when she was a kid. That rebelliousness came to play in her adult life. When de Gouges turned 17 in 1765, she married an old French Officer named Louis Aubry. Two years into their marriage, they had a baby boy. A year later, Aubry died. De Gouges revolted against taking the position of “widowed mother.” She vowed to never re-marry.

Olympe de Gouges was born in Montaubon in Southern France, on May 7, 1748. The records say she was born from modest parents: a butcher and a washerwoman. However, her true parents are somewhat of a mystery. It is commonly believed she was the daughter if Pierre Gouze and Anne Olympe Moisset. Even though a rumor spread that she was the daughter of a person high in social rank named Marquis Lefranc de Pompignan. Another rumor stated she was the illegitimate daughter of King Louis XV. Her true parentage was never revealed, that led to her rebelliousness when she was a kid. That rebelliousness came to play in her adult life. When de Gouges turned 17 in 1765, she married an old French Officer named Louis Aubry. Two years into their marriage, they had a baby boy. A year later, Aubry died. De Gouges revolted against taking the position of “widowed mother.” She vowed to never re-marry.
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