Olympe de Gouges (French: [ɔlɛ̃p də ɡuʒ] ⓘ; born Marie Gouze; 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the …

27 Noll 2025 · Olympe de Gouges, French social reformer and writer who challenged conventional views on a number of matters, especially the role of women as citizens. During the French …

To highlight the confusing politics of the French Revolution, Gouges was hated on all sides. She was perceived as too radical by the moderates, and as a Royalist by the extreme left, probably …

French author and activist Marie Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) achieved modest success as a play wright in the 18th century, but she became best known for her political writing and support …

Its author, Marie-Olympe de Gouges (1748-93), was one of the most prominent feminist writers of the revolutionary period. Imprisoned for her Girondin sympathies in July 1793, she was …

French author Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) was born Marie Gouze, and later became Marie Aubry upon her marriage. After her husband’s death, she adopted the name Olympe de Gouges …

22 Ean 2025 · Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze on May 7, 1748, in Montauban, France, was a French playwright and political activist renowned for her pioneering advocacy of women’s …

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 …

Olympe de Gouges was a playwright and political activist during the French Revolution. She was born as Marie Gouze in Monauban as the daughter of Anne-Olympe Mouisset and Pierre Gouze, …

She is best remembered for championing women's rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791) but her profound humanism led her to strongly oppose …