USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Olympe de Gouges, also called Marie-Olympe de Gouges, original name Marie Gouze, married name Marie Aubry, (born May 7, 1748, Montauban, France-died November 3, 1793, Paris), French social reformer and writer who challenged conventional views on a number of matters, especially the role of women as citizens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Olympe de Gouges: A journalist who demanded equal rights for women with the writing of Declaration of the Rights of Women.

Detailed explanation-3: -She wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women, in which she stated: “A woman has the right to be guillotined; she should also have the right to debate.” She campaigned for the right for women to divorce and obtained it. She campaigned in favour of a system of civil partnerships that would replace religious marriage.

Detailed explanation-4: -She was among the first to demand the emancipation of slaves, the rights of women (including divorce and unwed motherhood), and the protection of orphans, the poor, the unemployed, the aged and the illegitimate.

Detailed explanation-5: -She was a social reformer and playwright who advocated for all those she saw as under represented including orphaned children, and women (especially unwed women). When the “Declaration of the Rights of Man” became the preamble of the French Constitution in 1789, Gouges wrote her own version that same year.