French social reformer and writer who challenged conventional views on a number of matters, especially the role of women as citizens Olympe de Gouges died #OTD in 1793.
In 1791, she drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen, and left numerous writings and pamphlets in favor of women's civil and political rights and the abolition of Black slavery. She is often taken as an emblem by women's liberation movements.
