Revolutionary Feminist: Exploring the Life and Legacy of Olympe de Gouges

Welcome to Join Us in France, the travel podcast that takes you on a journey through the hidden gems of France. In today's episode, Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin  explore the life and legacy of a revolutionary feminist, Olympe de Gouges.

Born in 1748, Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright, political activist, and feminist who fought for the rights of women during the French Revolution. Despite being ahead of her time, she was often criticized and ostracized by her male contemporaries.

She remained steadfast in her beliefs and became one of the most iconic figures of the French Revolution. Click play and join us as we delve into the fascinating life of Olympe de Gouges because there is no questions that she had a big impact on the world of feminism and human rights.

Olympe de Gouges: a Revolutionary Feminist

Olympe is most famous for her Declaration of the Rights of Women, but she was also very involved in promoting the rights of black people. She was born in Montauban, a lovely city in the southwest of France that we discussed in episode 348 of the podcast

Table of Contents for this Episode

• Intro
• Today on the podcast: Revolutionary Feminist: Exploring the Life and Legacy of Olympe de Gouges
• Podcast supporters
• The magazine part of the podcast: Bonjour and yes timing matters!
• Annie and Elyse about Olympe de Gouges
• Who was Olympe de Gouges?
• Born in Montauban
• Married at 17
• The young widow and her son
• Starting in the theater
• 1780 Olympe de Gouges writes plays
• She is denied entry into the Pantheon
• In defense of people of color
• Olympe de Gouges’s writtings
• Declaration of Human Rights and Citizenship
• The rights of women
• Article 1 Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights
• Article 2 Property, security and resistence to oppression
• Article 3 The state has power to make decisions, not males
• Article 4 Male tyranny
• Article 5 The laws of nature cannot be prevented
• Article 6 Women must be equally admitted to all honors, positions and public employment
• Article 7 & 8 & 9: Women must obey the law and not the whim of their husband
• Article 10: If woman can go up the scaffold she shoud also be allowed to speak in Parliament
• Condemned for treason
• Article 11 about paternity
• Article 12 All women should be equal, not just upper class women
• Article 13 Equal employment for women
• Article 14 Women can audit the books
• Article 15 Men in public office need to be accountable to women in public office
• Article 16 & 17 Separation of powers and property belonging to both sexes
• “too manly”
• Places to go visit
• Her heritage dispersed internationally
• Thank you, patrons
• Prepare for your trip to France
• Saying Bonjour
• Not to interrupt?
• Timing matters when saying Bonjour
• This week in French news
• Personal update
• Copyright

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