Revolution, Rights, and Women’s Activism: Olympe de Gouge
April 7, 2025
Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor and Chair, History
This talk will focus on the life and writings of French activist and writer Olympe de Gouge. Her scholarship during the French Revolution influenced early discussions of women’s citizenship and their political rights through her work. Arguably, her most writing She greatly influenced revolutionary thought and feminism in France, though she ultimately met her demise by the guillotine. Though her writing was hated by most in France during the Revolution, she sparked conversations about equality, abolition, and citizenship across the Atlantic Ocean.
Lectures will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public and registration is not required. Lectures may be recorded and posted to our Fairhaven Lecture website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
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