Enlightenment Feminists: Wollstonecraft And De Gouges
Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges were influential Enlightenment thinkers who advocated for women’s rights and equality during the French Revolution. Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” argued that women should have access to education and political participation, while de Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen” demanded equal…