did not lead to a recognition of women’s rights and this prompted Olympe de Gouges to publish the in September 1791. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen is modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and is ironic in formulation and exposes the failure of the French Revolution, which had been devoted to equality. It states that: revolution will only take effect when all women “This become fully aware of their deplorable condition, and of the rights they have lost in society”. The Declaration of the Rights of and the Female follows the seventeen articles of the Citizen Declaration of point for point and has the Rights of Man and of the Citizen been described by Camille Naish as a parody... of “almost the original document”. The first article of the Declaration proclaims that: of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social “Men distinctions may be based only on common utility.” The first article of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and replied: the Female Citizen is born free and remains equal to man in rights. “Woman Social distinctions may only be based on common utility”.
did not lead to a recognition of women’s rights and this prompted Olympe de Gouges to publish the in September 1791. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen is modeled on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and is ironic in formulation and exposes the failure of the French Revolution, which had been devoted to equality. It states that: “This revolution will only take effect when all women become fully aware of their deplorable condition, and of the rights they have lost in society”. The Declaration of the Rights of and the Female Citizen follows the seventeen articles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen point for point and has been described by Camille Naish as “almost a parody... of the original document”. The first article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaims that: “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on common utility.” The first article of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen replied: “Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions may only be based on common utility”.
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