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Rights of Woman Challenges Limits of 1789 Declaration

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1791

Olympe GougesSeptember 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Olympe de Gouges answers the male-centered political order with a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.

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Olympe Gouges

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