Blog 2: Influential women from francophone world

• Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) 

1. She was a French playwright and political activist who wrote on women's rights and abolitionism.

2. She wrote a called the Declaration of Rights of Women.

3. She inspired other women to fight for their rights and equality.

4.  A woman from my culture who is similar to Olympe de Gouges is Flavia Agnes. She is women's rights lawyer with an expertise in marital, divorce and property law. She has also written and published multiple articles that have been featured in Economic and Political Weekly Subaltern Studies and Manushi