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Olympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges

1748–1793

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Playwright and political writer who answered the Declaration of the Rights of Man with the Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791). Guillotined in 1793 for opposing the dominant revolutionary line.

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  1. 1748personal

    Born in Montauban

  2. 1765personal

    Forced marriage to Louis Yves Aubry

  3. 1766personal

    Birth of son and widowhood

  4. 1768personal

    Moved to Paris

  5. 1784work

    Began literary career

  6. 1785work

    Anti-slavery play staged

  7. 1788work

    Published anti-slavery tract

  8. 1791highlight

    Declaration of the Rights of Woman

  9. 1792controversy

    Offered to defend Louis XVI

  10. 1793controversy

    Arrest for opposing the Terror

  11. 1793death

    Executed by guillotine

  12. 1793legacy

    Posthumous feminist symbol

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