Which limitation of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen did Olympe de Gouges challenge?

Correct answer: Women's equal citizenship was not clear in its rights language

Direct answer: Option B, women’s equal citizenship was not clearly included in the rights language. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen used universal-sounding words such as liberty and equality, but in practice political rights were mainly given to men. Olympe de Gouges challenged this contradiction in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. Her argument was that women should also be recognised as citizens with equal civil and political rights. Option A is wrong because bread prices were an economic issue, not the main limitation she challenged in the declaration’s wording. Option C is wrong because the statement is not about abolition of Church tax. Option D is wrong because the declaration did not give voting rights to the king; the issue was exclusion of women. Option B correctly identifies the gender-based limit between universal language and unequal practice. Memory cue: Olympe de Gouges means ‘women must be included in citizen rights.’