De Gouges and the noted Girondin Madame Roland, who followed her under the blade five days later, were betrayed victims of the unfinished business of a general cleaning up of moderates and dissidents ...

The French social activist, feminist and playwright who fell out of favour with fellow revolutionaries and was executed at the guillotine. Show more She fought to give women the right to divorce and ...

Theatre UAB will present “The Revolutionists,” an irreverent comedy about four beautiful, badass women who lose their heads in 1790s Paris, from Feb. 26-March 2. This girl-powered play’s central ...

Olympe de Gouges (1748 –1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her writings on women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. Macy’s connection to De Gouges goes far ...