Olympe de Gouges was a French social reformer and writer who challenged the revolutionary government's exclusion of women from the rights granted to men. In her 1791 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen', she explicitly stated, "The principle of all sovereignty rests essentially in the nation, which is but the union of woman and man". This directly counters the notion that the nation is solely composed of male citizens.
Which one of the following statements about the Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) is correct ?
Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2018 · Topic: French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and its significance)
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Answer: D. She declared that the nation is the union of woman and man
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