Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne

Synopsis of Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne

«Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne» is Olympe de Gouges's manifesto, Lelivrescolaire.fr edition in hardback (180 pp., French).

Olympe de Gouges responds to the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen with a manifesto demanding equal rights. Its preamble and 17 articles denounce the exclusion of women from citizenship and political rights in 18th-century France, and claim for them liberty, property, and political participation.

The original text dates from 1791. This edition is part of the Les Classiques de Lelivrescolaire.fr collection and includes a pedagogical dossier.

Aimed at French baccalauréat students and readers interested in the history of feminism and the French Revolution.