The Declarations Of The Rights Of Women By Marie Gouze

” The Declarations of the Rights of Women” is a declaration written by Marie Gouze under the pseudonym Olympe de Gouges. This declaration was her attempt to disseminate a list of Rights for women that mirrored the Rights men had in France under the rule of Marie Antoinette. Gouze was heavily influenced by Enlightenment principals, and it is very evident in her writings. Firstly, Gouze was the self-taught daughter of a simple middle-class butcher. This was one major theme of the Enlightenment; the newly recognized middle-class educated themselves easily after the invention of the printing press, and the devoted themselves to bettering society through the study of Philosophy and Reason (Overview Module 5: The Enlightenment, page 7) The purpose