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  2. Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

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    First page of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne), also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 14 September 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the 1789 Declaration of ...

  3. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Wikipedia

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    [7] At the end of 1791, French feminist Olympe de Gouges had published her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, and the question of women's rights became central to political debates in both France and Britain. [3] The Rights of Woman is an extension of Wollstonecraft's arguments in the Rights of Men.

  4. Olympe de Gouges - Wikipedia

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    Olympe de Gouges (French: [ɔlɛ̃p də ɡuʒ] ⓘ; born Marie Gouze; 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist.She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism.

  5. National Woman Suffrage Association - Wikipedia

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    NWSA officers asked permission to present a Declaration of Rights for Women at the official celebration, but they were refused. Despite the lack of permission, five women, headed by Anthony, walked onto the platform during the ceremony and handed their Declaration to Senator Thomas Ferry who was the acting Vice President of the United States ...

  6. Convention on the Political Rights of Women - Wikipedia

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    The Convention on the Political Rights of Women (CPRW) is a United Nations treaty establishing equal political rights for men and women. It was approved by the United Nations General Assembly during its 409th plenary meeting on December 20, 1952, in New York City. [1]

  7. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US - AOL

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    1848 – At Seneca Falls, New York, 300 women and men sign the Declaration of Sentiments, ... 1985 – EMILY's List is founded, its mission to elect Democratic, pro-abortion rights women to office.

  8. Declaration of Rights - Wikipedia

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    Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, written in France in 1791; Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1793, written in France in 1793; Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World, adopted at the 1920 Universal Negro Improvement Association convention

  9. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA) is a human rights declaration adopted by consensus at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 in Vienna, Austria. This declaration recognizes women's rights as being protected human rights. Paragraph 18 reads: [280]