Liberty in Their Names: The Women Philosophers of the French Revolution

ATelling the story of three overlooked revolutionary thinkers, Liberty in Their Names explores the lives and works of Olympe de Gouges, Sophie de Grouchy, and Manon Roland. All three were thinking and writing about political philosophy, especially equality and social justice, before the French Revolution. As they became engaged in its efforts, their works were widely distributed. At a time when women could neither vote nor speak at the Assembly, they became vocal, public figures. Yet instead of Gouges, Grouch and Roland, we speak of Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot