A Woman to Know: Olympe de Gouges
If a woman has the right to be guillotined, she should also have the right to debate — Olympa de Gouges
If a woman has the right to be guillotined, she should also have the right to debate — Olympa de Gouges
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In 1790, a full century and a half before women would win the right to vote in France, Olympa de Gouges was writing on behalf of universal suffrage. Her journey there started when she was just a 16-year-old country girl nam…
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