Patriotic Fund Proposal
Olympe de Gouges proposed a voluntary patriotic fund as a way to address the monarchy's financial crisis.
Role range: 1789-1792
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Olympe Gouges Biography and Timeline
Follow Olympe Gouges through 13 dated historical records for France.
Olympe Gouges, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1788–1793Years on this page
1788
Social Reform Proposals
Olympe de Gouges proposed workshops for unemployed people and support for impoverished women, children and older people.
Role range: 1789-1792
1789
Journal du Peuple Request
Olympe de Gouges asked the royal censor for permission to publish a Journal du peuple during the Estates General.
Role range: 1789-1792
Letter to Duke of Orleans
Olympe de Gouges addressed the Duke of Orleans while pressing her political reform agenda during the early Revolution.
Role range: 1789-1792
1791
Rights of Woman Challenges Limits of 1789 Declaration
Olympe de Gouges answers the male-centered political order with a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Role range: 1789-1792
Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Publishes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
Role range: 1789-1792
Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Publishes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Role range: 1789-1792
Petition to the Queen
Addresses her declaration to Marie Antoinette
Role range: 1789-1792
Petition to the Queen
Olympe Gouges addressed her declaration to Marie Antoinette.
Role range: 1789-1792
1792
Girondin Alignment
Olympe de Gouges aligned herself with moderate Girondin politics after the fall of the monarchy.
Role range: 1789-1792
Opposition to Revolutionary Violence
Olympe de Gouges publicly opposed escalating revolutionary violence and criticized the politics associated with the Terror.
Role range: 1789-1792
1793
Imprisonment of Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges was imprisoned because authorities regarded her political writings as counter-revolutionary.
Role range: 1793-1799
Execution of Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges was executed after conviction by the Revolutionary Tribunal for her political publications.
Role range: 1793-1799
Records, sources and methodology
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