Editing French Revolution (section)

=== Prominent women ===
[[File:Olympe de Gouges.png|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Olympe de Gouges]], Girondist author of the [[Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen]], executed in November 1793]]
[[Olympe de Gouges]] was an author whose publications emphasised that while women and men were different, this should not prevent equality under the law. In her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen she insisted women deserved rights, especially in areas concerning them directly, such as divorce and recognition of illegitimate children.<ref name="De Gouges Writings 564–568">De Gouges "Writings" 564–568</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=November 2023}} Along with other Girondists, she was executed in November 1793 during the Terror.

[[Madame Roland]], also known as Manon or Marie Roland, was another important female activist whose political focus was not specifically women but other aspects of the government. A Girondist, her personal letters to leaders of the Revolution influenced policy; in addition, she often hosted political gatherings of the Brissotins, a political group which allowed women to join. She too was executed in November 1793.{{Sfn|Dalton|2001|pp=262–267}}