Primary Sources 1748-1793
Olympe de Gouges, Lettre au Peuple, ou projet D’une Caisse Patriotique, Par une Citoyenne (Letter to the People, or Patriotic Purse Project). France, 1788
Olympe de Gouges. Réflexion sur les Hommes Nègres (Reflections on Negroes). France 1788
Olympe de Gouges, Le cri du sage, Par une Femme (The Call of the Wise One, by a Woman). France 1789
Olympe de Gouges, Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne (Declaration of the Rights of Woman).France, 1791
Olympe de Gouges,Les Fantomes De l’opinion publique (The Ghost of public opinion). France, 1792
Olympe de Gouges, Les Trois urnes, ou le salut de la patrie (The Three Urns, or the Welfare of the Motherland). France, 1793
Secondary sources
Darline Gav Levy, H. Applewhite, and M. Johnson, eds., Women in Revolutionary Paris, University of Illinois Press, 1979.
This book entails the movement of equal rights women in revolutionary France put in play. The demand for equality, and educational and social benefits grew increasingly and within the book many important female figures are discussed including Olympe de Gouges. Specifically her life and writings which left a lasting impact on France.
Marie Beauchamps (2016) Olympe de Gouges’s trial and the affective politics of denaturalization in France, Citizenship Studies, 20:8, 943-956, DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2016.1229195
This article discusses how women such as de Gouge were oppressed in terms of citizenship. While she was denied basic rights of citizenship, during her trails under the disruption of the revolution they claimed her as a French citizen. The meaning of citizenship for women often failed them, and de Gouge’s life was put at risk as a result.
Kuiper, Kathleen. “Olympe de Gouges”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Dec. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympe-de-Gouges.
This article goes through major events in de Gouge’s life including her marriage, and her writings. Though it is not a very detailed piece it does a good job of mentioning events such as her family ties and her works.
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