| Feminism |
Mary Wollstonecraft Her vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) enlarged on the rationalist position of Olympe de Gouges. The views of radical feminist pioneers like de Gouges, Therouangue de Mericourt, Mme Roland, Charlotte Corday, or Cecile Renaud evoked little sympathy in leading revolutionary circles. Rousseau proposed a gender role combining the self-denying heroism of Roman matrons with a femininity that would encourage men to be manly. However, in June 1793, women were expressly excluded from citizenship. (Rights of Man.) (For the Declaration of the Rights of Women.) |