Well, the National Assembly presented the new human rights document for all of France. I was, however, quite troubled to discover that not once did it mention women! I tried to reason with them, however they simply ignored me, and even claimed that, because I am not a man, I am not considered a citizen of France! How appalling!
In response I am writing The Declaration of The Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, modeled after their "constitutional" document. I am rewriting each article and even expanding it to include all woman in our nation. Laws must be applied to both man and woman. Its disgusts me to think that they thought it was acceptable to assume that although woman would not be considered a citizen, we would be accountable to the government for our actions as would a man.
I will not rest until this has been resolved and we are all considered citizens.
Olympe de Gouge
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