Where would this world be if no one questioned the ideas of the people before them? This exact question is the foundation that many people built newer and greater ideas off of. During and shortly after the French Revolution, new people, deemed as radicals, began to voice their own personal opinion on human rights, specifically the rights of women. This new movement turned into the start of feminism. Three people, out of the many, who has made a strong and lasting impact on this feminist movement have been Nicolas de Condorcet, Madame BB and Olympe de Gouges. These people challenged the government, pushed for better women’s education and rights and did all that they could to change the world’s perspective on women. “Those who voted against…show more content… She wrote her own parody of The Declaration of [France's] Rights of Man, which was directed towards women's rights (Scott). This version specifically addressed different issues that women faced and how the government and the people should improve and add laws that include everyone. In this document, she wrote, “The principle of equality before the law meant that women must have full rights of citizenship and be able to participate fully in public life. Women have the rights to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum” (Roelofs). She had a passion for civil rights and pressed for equality among all people. She, like Condorcet and Madame BB, felt that everyone should be treated as an equal. Although they were very vocal about their ideals, Olympe de Gouges was the most radical and vocal about her ideas. She would have organized protests with many people, who did become her followers, and would stand outside of legislators’ workplace and demanded that they would not leave until they were heard (Scott). Ironically, despite their valid concerns, they were always dismissed because they were women and "did not matter" (Roelofs). This just made her movement even more…show more content… As stated before, this was a spinoff of the countries national document. Olympe de Gouges clearly states exactly what the government should do in order to create some sort of equality between men and women (Scott). Men should not be the only ones that are correct. Women are just as worthy as any other woman and any other man. She wrote, in her preamble to this document, “the sex that is as superior in beauty as it is in courage during the sufferings of maternity” (Roelofs). This is stating that a woman should never be looked down on because, just like a man, a woman’s job is difficult. Women are worth more than just property and should be valued more. This was the most famous out of all her writings since it addressed real problems that women faced and real issues that women needed and wanted to be fixed. This time, it was all written down. However, mostly every man shut it down. Women, especially Olympe de Gouges, followed this and used this as a way to expose the myriad of unfair issues when it came to human and women’s rights (Scott). She, and her fellow feminists, always stood by this document and the beliefs that it held. In 1793, Olympe de Gouges was guillotined as a “reactionary” after her many published works. She is considered to be a martyr because of her many ideas
