![]() ![]() Sophie Mousset's is the first biography of this astonishing woman. But in 1993, French women demanded that she be interred in the Pantheon. ![]() De Gouges, author of the "fundamental Declarations des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne" ("Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen"), has been left out of dictionaries and history books. The many claims and protests put forth by women at that time were suppressed, women's clubs were banned, and Olympe de Gouges, a leading contemporary advocate for women's rights, was silenced. Women played a major part in the French revolution of 1789, but have received very little recognition for their contributions. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. ![]()
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