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In 1791, just weeks after the death of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de [[Mirabeau]], she wrote the comedy "Mirabeau in the Elysian Fields" based on his speeches and writings. By combining various texts and modifying them in slight ways, Gouges created a work which paid homage to a man regarded at the time as a national hero.  

In 1791, just weeks after the death of Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de [[Mirabeau]], she wrote the comedy "Mirabeau in the Elysian Fields" based on his speeches and writings. By combining various texts and modifying them in slight ways, Gouges created a work which paid homage to a man regarded at the time as a national hero.  

In 1792 the [[National Assembly]] rejected her feminist proposals and she was executed by [[guillotine]].

In 1792 the [[National Assembly]] rejected her feminist proposals. She belongs to the [[Girondin]] faction and like most Girondin leaders she was executed.

 

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Chaudhuri, Nupur. "Olympe De Gouges' Perception of Marriage and Motherhood," ''Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850: Proceedings'' 1990 20: 815-821,

* Chaudhuri, Nupur. "Olympe De Gouges' Perception of Marriage and Motherhood," ''Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850: Proceedings'' 1990 20: 815-821,