Chapter Two – Early Liberal Feminism
Main Contributions De Gouges
De Gouges Main Contributions
- Critiqued the Social Contract from the perspective of women
- Proposed reasonable divorce laws to protect women and children from penury
- Advocated sexual freedom
- Advocated for a more equal society
- Called for intelligent taxation plans to enable wealth to be more fairly divided
- Called for a form of a welfare state
- Wrote against slavery and the death penalty
