During the French Revolution, a woman wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen and later criticised the Jacobin government for closing down women’s clubs. She was tried by the National Convention and executed. Who was she?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793) wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen, asking for the same rights for women as for men. In 1793 she criticised the Jacobins for closing women’s clubs, was charged with treason by the National Convention and executed.