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'Like so many eighteenth-century revolutionaries, she saw her own class, the rising bourgeoisie, as the vanguard of the revolution, and it was to the women of her own class that she directed her arguments.' Discuss Olympe de Gouges' Declaration des droits
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Resistance and Desire Natalie Glyn Seminar tutor : Terry Bradford 'Like so many eighteenth-century revolutionaries, she saw her own class, the rising bourgeoisie, as the vanguard of the revolution, and it was to the women of her own class that she directed her arguments.' Discuss this assessment of Olympe de Gouges' Déclaration des droits de la femme. When thinking about Olympe de Gouges' Déclaration des droits de la femme, one cannot help but realise that the author of this piece of work was profoundly feminist. This is apparent in the way that she addresses men from the very outset of the piece by stating "Homme, est-tu capable d'être juste?" This very usage of the 'tu' form is quite an impolite way to address someone, and would imply that Olympe de Gouges considered herself to be superior to the male sex. However by speaking directly to men (or mankind as...
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