Between the queen and the cabby : Olympe de Gouges's Rights of woman / John R. Cole.
ISBN:
9780773585591
Title:
Between the queen and the cabby : Olympe de Gouges's Rights of woman / John R. Cole.
Author:
Cole, John R. (John Richard), 1941-
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Publication Information:
Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, facsimile.
Series:
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 52
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 52.
General Note:
Text includes a translation of: Droits de la femme=Rights of woman.
Contents:
Introduction -- A translation of The rights of woman -- The dedication. Gouges's devotion to the king and defence of the queen ; Marie-Antoinette's reputation and the counter-revolution -- The declaration. Gouges's patriotism and aristocratic sentiments prior to 1791 ; Gouges's declaration and that of the national assembly -- The postamble. The social contract between the man and the woman ; The rights of persons of colour and of blacks -- The addenda and a conclusion. The Addenda ; A conclusion:Gourge's feminism in the context of 1791 -- Appendix. Facsimile of Les droits de la femme.
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Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011.