Olympe de Gouges, French activist and playwright, has for
centuries been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being
mentioned almost uniquely for her "Declaration of the Rights of
Woman and the female]" Citizen (1791). However, her plays and
pamphlets imagine in vivid terms the consequences of natural right
and their potential for transforming the autocratic state and
family. She wrote nearly fifty plays, of which about a dozen have
been recovered, and innumerable polemical letters, posters,
brochures, and essays. This book uncovers her radical views of the
self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of
increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of
aristocratic males. Here, Sherman examines and refutes the calumny
de Gouges's reputation has suffered and proves that this intriguing
historical figure deserves to be read instead of simply being
talked about.
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