Olympe de Gouges wrote The Declaration of the Rights of the Woman and the Citizen, which was a feminist response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen adopted during the French Revolution. She was a vocal advocate for women's rights and was eventually executed during the Reign of Terror for her political beliefs.

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Olympe De Gouges

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Olympe de Gouges

A) became the first female member of the National Assembly.
B) attempted to kill Marie Antoinette after the queen said, "Let them eat cake."
C) wrote The Declaration of the Rights of the Woman and the Citizen.
D) was the ghost author of the Declaration of the Rights of the Man and the Citizen.
E) was the mistress to Robespierre.

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