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First page of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of ...
Olympe de Gouges (French: [ɔlɛ̃p də ɡuʒ] ⓘ; born Marie Gouze; 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) 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.
The first article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaims that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on common utility." The first article of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen replies: "Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights.
Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in 1791. Madame de Staël, one of the most sophisticated activists and commentators on the Revolution [27] While some women chose a militant and often violent path, others chose to influence events through writing, publications, and meetings.
The route from the Tuileries Palace to Varennes-en-Argonne (approximate distance 250 km). The Flight to Varennes (French: fuite de Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which the French royal family—comprising Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the Dauphin Louis Charles, Marie-Thérèse, Madame Royale, and Madame Élisabeth ...
[13] [6] Yet, women were "denied political rights of 'active citizenship' (1791) and democratic citizenship (1793)." [13] In 1791, Olympe de Gouges published a vital document of the Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. In it, de Gouges replicated the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ...
6 October – The French Penal Code of 1791 is adopted. On 14 October a law passed to reorganize the Garde Nationale in cantons and districts; officers and sub-officers were to be elected for only one year. 16–17 October – Massacres of La Glacière. 28 October – The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen is published.
Formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. 1848: Declaration of Sentiments: Records establishment of the first women's rights convention. 1856: Declaration of Paris: Abolishes privateering. 1868: St Petersburg Declaration: Delegates agree to prohibit the use of less deadly explosives. 1898: Philippine Declaration ...