Death Comes to the Maiden
In 1791, the French femme de lettres Olympe de Gouges wrote that ''as women have the right to take their places on the scaffold, they must also have the right to take their seats in government''. This book explores the issues of female emancipation through the history of female execution, from the burning of Joan of Arc in 1431 to the events of the French revolution.
Concentrating on individual vic...
In 1791, the French femme de lettres Olympe de Gouges wrote that ''as women have the right to take their places on the scaffold, they must also have the right to take their seats in government''. This book explores the issues of female emancipation through the history of female execution, from the burning of Joan of Arc in 1431 to the events of the French revolution.
Concentrating on individual vic...
