Fairhaven Lecture: Revolution, Rights, and Women’s Activism: Olympe de Gouge

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. 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.

Presented by Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor and Chair, History as part of the Spring Fairhaven Lecture Series “Remarkable Women.”

Lectures are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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