Olympe de Gouges criticised which declaration?

Correct answer: Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

The direct answer is A: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. During the French Revolution, this declaration spoke about liberty and equal rights, but its language and practical application mainly treated men as citizens. Olympe de Gouges challenged this unequal idea in 1791 by writing the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. Her argument was that women were also citizens and should enjoy the same political and legal rights. Option A is correct because it was the document whose male-centred meaning she criticised. Option B, La Marseillaise, is a revolutionary national song, not a declaration of rights. Option C, the Brunswick Manifesto, threatened the people of revolutionary France and was connected with war against the Revolution; it was not the main document criticised by her. Option D, the list of feudal dues, recorded payments or obligations demanded from peasants and was unrelated to her equality argument. Memory cue: Olympe de Gouges means women’s rights and a female version of the rights declaration.