🌍ap world history: modern review

Olympe de Gouges

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A French Enlightenment-era feminist who authored the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, demanding women's rights and equality.

AP course connection

Topic 5.1: 5.1 The Enlightenment

Unit 5

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