honoré mirabeau wrote the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens.
honoré mirabeau wrote the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens.
who wrote the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizens?
honoré mirabeau
the 1789 declaration, together with the 1215 magna carta, the 1689 english bill of rights, the 1776 united states declaration of independence, and the 1789 united states bill of rights, inspired in large part the 1948 united nations universal declaration of human rights.









































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the content of the document emerged largely from the ideals of the enlightenment.









































the principal drafts were prepared by lafayette, working at times with his close friend thomas jefferson. in august 1789, honoré mirabeau played a central role in conceptualizing and drafting the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen.
declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
in 1791 the french playwright and political activist olympe de gouges published the "declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen", modelled on the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen of 1789. the declaration is ironic in formulation and exposes the failure of the french revolution, which had been devoted to equality. it states that: "this revolution will only take effect when all women become fully aware of their deplorable condition, and of the rights they have lost in society". the declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen follows the seventeen articles of the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen point for point and has been described by camille naish as "almost a parody...of the original document". the first article of the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen proclaims that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights. social distinctions may be based only on common utility." the first article of declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen replied: "woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. social distinctions may only be based on common utility". de gouges expands the sixth article of the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen, which declared the rights of citizens to take part in the formation of law, to:
women's rights