Olympe de Gouges
Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.Collection: Want
Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility.Collection: Men
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to their capacity and without other distinctions besides those of their virtues and talents.Collection: Women
Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum.Collection: Words Of Wisdom
Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason sounds throughout the universe; recognize your rights.Collection: Rights
All citizens including women are equally admissible to all public dignities, offices, and employments, according to their capacity, and with no other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.Collection: Equality
Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies.Collection: Powerful