LEADER 04682nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910825074003321 005 20240416201511.0 010 $a1-283-53133-X 010 $a9786613843784 010 $a0-7735-8559-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773585591 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104681 035 $a(EBL)3332199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000700978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11399971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000700978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10679191 035 $a(PQKB)10863518 035 $a(CEL)444011 035 $a(OCoLC)806017721 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00229975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332199 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577781 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384378 035 $a(OCoLC)923235786 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8mbnd7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332199 035 $a(DE-B1597)656810 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773585591 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104681 100 $a20120210d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween the queen and the cabby $eOlympe de Gouges's Rights of woman /$fJohn R. Cole 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 225 1 $aMcGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;$v52 300 $aText includes a translation of: Droits de la femme=Rights of woman. 311 $a0-7735-3886-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-306) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- A translation of The rights of woman -- The dedication. Gouges's devotion to the king and defence of the queen ; Marie-Antoinette's reputation and the counter-revolution -- The declaration. Gouges's patriotism and aristocratic sentiments prior to 1791 ; Gouges's declaration and that of the national assembly -- The postamble. The social contract between the man and the woman ; The rights of persons of colour and of blacks -- The addenda and a conclusion. The Addenda ; A conclusion:Gourge's feminism in the context of 1791 -- Appendix. Facsimile of Les droits de la femme. 330 $a"Students of the French Revolution and of women's right are generally familiar with Olympe de Gouges's bold adaptation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. However, her Rights of Woman has usually been extracted from its literary context and studied without proper attention to the political consequences of 1791. In Between the Queen and the Cabby, John Cole provides the first full translation of de Gouges's Rights of Woman and the first systematic commentary on its declaration, its attempt to envision a non-marital partnership agreement, and its support for persons of colour. Cole compares and contrasts de Gouges's two texts, explaining how the original text was both her model and her foil. By adding a proposed marriage contract to her pamphlet, she sought to turn the ideas of the French Revolution into a concrete way of life for women. Further examination of her work as a playwright suggests that she supported equality not only for women but for slaves as well. Cole highlights the historical context of de Gouges's writing, going beyond the inherent sexism and misogyny of the time in exploring why her work did not receive the reaction or achieve the influential status she had hoped for. Read in isolation in the gender-conscious twenty-first century, de Gouges's Rights of Woman may seem ordinary. However, none of her contemporaries, neither the Marquis de Condorcet nor Mary Wollstonecraft, published more widely on current affairs, so boldly attempted to extend democratic principles to women, or so clearly related the public and private spheres. Read in light of her eventual condemnation by the Revolutionary Tribunal, her words become tragically foresighted: "Woman has the right to mount the Scaffold; she must also have that of mounting the Rostrum."--Publisher's website. 410 0$aMcGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;$v52. 606 $aFeminists$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aWomen's rights$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xHistory$yRevolution, 1789-1799$xWomen 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory 676 $a305.42092 686 $a8,2$2ssgn 700 $aCole$b John R$g(John Richard),$f1941-$01673505 701 2$aGouges$b Olympe de$f1748?-1793.$0525950 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825074003321 996 $aBetween the queen and the cabby$94037637 997 $aUNINA