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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