The Declaration of the Rights of Woman

Marie Gouze (1748–93) was a self–educated butcher’s daughter from the south of France who, under the name Olympe de Gouges, wrote pamphlets and plays on a variety of issues, including slavery, which she attacked as being founded on greed and blind prejudice. In this pamphlet she provides a declaration of the rights of women to parallel the one for men, thus criticizing the deputies for having forgotten women. http://www.ciudaddemujeres.com/articulos/IMG/pdf_OlimpiaDeGouges_GuiselaLopez_.pdf