Questions Refer to the Passage Below

question 18

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the passage below.
Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) was an early supporter of the French Revolution. The 1791 constitution extended male suffrage, but that right was not granted to women. De Gouges responded in the following passage:
"Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason is being heard throughout the whole universe; discover your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudice, fanaticism, superstition, and lies . . . Oh, women, women! When will you cease to be blind? What advantage have you received from the Revolution? A more pronounced scorn, a more marked disdain . . . Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to. . . .
I offer a foolproof way to elevate the soul of women; it is to join them in all activities of man; if man persists in finding this way impractical, let him share his fortune with woman, not at his caprice, but by the wisdom of laws. Prejudice falls, morals are purified, and nature regains all her rights."
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791) , Olympe de Gouges
-What effect is de Gouges hoping her writing will have on women in France?

• A) Women will support their husbands and fathers in joining the revolution.
• B) Women will remain in their traditional roles of wives and mothers while ignoring the revolution.
• C) Women will join in the revolution as equals with the men in revolutionary actions.
• D) Women will become active members of the workforce to improve the French economy.

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