Olympe de Gouges

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Olympe de Gouges born?May 7, 1748
2. Where was Olympe de Gouges born?Montauban, France
3. What is the career?Playwright, political activist, abolitionist, and early feminist
4. What is the death?Executed by guillotine on November 3, 1793, during the Reign of Terror
5. Who was Olympe de Gouges?Olympe de Gouges was a brave French writer and activist who fought for women's rights and social justice during the French Revolution.
6. What did she write to support women's rights?She wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in 1791, demanding that women have the same rights as men.

Patriarchal Structures: Social systems where men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property.
Suffrage: The right to vote in political elections.
Abolitionism: The movement to end slavery and the slave trade, which de Gouges actively supported.
Feminism: The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes, a principle central to de Gouges' work.