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"Homme, es-tu capable d'être juste? (1)
Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne This declaration, preceded by a text addressed to Marie-Antoinette and a brief introduction, is the most famous text of Olympe de Gouges. Based on the "Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen", it lists the different rights that all women should have in order to be equal in law to men. -
"One of the wonders of the social world" (2)
Lecture de la tragédie de "L'orphelin de Chine" de Voltaire dans le salon de Madame Geoffrin This painting by French painter Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, represents a French salon, more precisely the salon of Madame Geoffrin, during the 18th century Enlightenment. -
"Immediate, not gradual abolition" (3)
Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition This document is a pamphlet written by Elizabeth Heyrick, a famous British abolitionist in favor of the immediate abolition of slavery in the West Indies. -
A Revolutionary Princess
Cristina Belgioioso Trivulzio con tricolore This colored engraving depicts Cristina Trivulzio, princess of Belgiojoso leading a group of Neapolitan volunteers during the Five Days of Milan in March 1848. -
"Political prisoners, not common criminals" (4)
Political Prisoners, Not Common Criminals This editorial, most probably written by the editor-in-chief, gives the point of view of The Star, a British newspaper of the time, on the treatment of the Suffragettes in prison. -
The "Ford" Dress (5)
The Little Black Dress This is the original drawing for Coco Chanel's "little black dress" which appeared for the first time in the American fashion magazine Vogue.
