![]() She included, as an appendix to this address to the Queen, a sample of a wedding contract necessitating communal property- sharing. The postscript of the declaration censured the traditional treatment of females as mere objects that can be conveniently gotten rid of. Furthermore, de Gouges, cautioned Marie Antoinette of the need to support the revolution, failing which she would risk a total destruction of the French monarchy (Smith, 1971). ![]() This declaration paralleled that made for males, thereby censuring deputies for overlooking women’s rights. The author famously penned a declaration of female rights, addressing it to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France. De Gouges penned plays and pamphlets on diverse subjects, even slavery, which the author claimed was a malice grounded in blind bias and avarice. Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizenįrench author, Olympe de Gouges (whose actual name was Marie Gouze, Olympe de Gouges being her nom de plume), was the self- educated daughter of a butcher hailing from southern France. ![]()
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