Olympe De Gouse: A Political Activist

Olympe De Gouse was a political activist, who was thought less of automatically because she was a woman. The hectic and shifting events of her era lead her to develop ideas that were evolving along with it. During the French revolution the rights of man and citizens was created which is sexist and leaves out half of the other population. The declaration of the rights of man and the citizen was written in 1879 during the climax of the French revolution and proclaimed that all men are born and remain free and equal in rights, and that the rights were prevalent. This declaration started to develop into the main document of and formation of human rights and the rights of an individual in the state. The laws confliction of handling civilians was …show more content…
She had the idea that men are created equal, so it should be implied for women being treated equal. The French revolution rooted the common idea of human rights. It altered people’s beliefs and views, challenging the role of the government. In Article 1 you can tell that Olympe de Gouges was the first feminist in the sense of someone who is the earliest of French women to come out and make a declaration that women deserve equal rights to men. Olympe De Gouges spoke the language of the enlightenment. Right one is, patterning the language that men are demanding rights before the world, and not thinking about the other sex. The common utility not only has social distinctions between nobles and churchman and everyone else there is a huge distinction between man and woman. As women I find these rights very inspiring and respect De Gouge for her leadership with women’s rights leading back to the 18th century. Without her we wouldn’t have the rights we have today. Some of these arguments for rights look altered to those of the revolution. They seem less than militant to a modern