by Olympe de Gouges (1748 - 1793)
Translation © by Lynn Avery Hunt (b. 1945)
The Rights of Woman
Language: English after the French (Français)
Man, are you capable of being just? It is a woman who poses the question [ ... ]
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Excerpt from the ‘Declaration of the Rights of Woman’, Paris 1791. De Gouge’s devotion to the cause of women’s rights led to her execution by the guillotine in November 1793.
Excerpt from the ‘Declaration of the Rights of Woman’, Paris 1791. De Gouge’s devotion to the cause of women’s rights led to her execution by the guillotine in November 1793.
Text Authorship:
- by Lynn Avery Hunt (b. 1945), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Olympe de Gouges (1748 - 1793), no title, excerpt from the beginning of "Les Droits de la Femme"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anna-Karin Klockar (b. 1960), "The Rights of Woman", 2015 [ mixed chorus ], from Speeches, no. 1, Gehrmans Musikförlag [sung text checked 2 times]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-27
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