Summary About the French feminist Olympe de Gouges (1748 -1793) a playwright and political activist whose writings on women's rights and abolitionism reached a large audience in various countries. In her "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen" (1791), she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality. She was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror (1793-1794) for attacking the regime of the Revolutionary government and for her association with the Girondists. View more details
Directed : Lisa de Bye
Written : Lisa de Bye
Stars : Lisa de Bye Dana de Bye Olympe de Gouges
Genres : History Documentary Short
Release date : Jan 2, 2013
Countries of origin : Netherlands
Official sites : Official website
Language : Dutch
Production companies : Labfilmproductions
Summary About the French feminist Olympe de Gouges (1748 -1793) a playwright and political activist whose writings on women's rights and abolitionism reached a large audience in various countries. In her "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen" (1791), she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality. She was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror (1793-1794) for attacking the regime of the Revolutionary government and for her association with the Girondists. View more details
Genres : History Documentary Short
Release date : Jan 2, 2013
Countries of origin : Netherlands
Official sites : Official website
Language : Dutch
Production companies : Labfilmproductions