The Gang of Four Feminists' Blog

This gang of four feminists' blog « A woman, a century », is dedicated to women who marked their century with their writings.

This gang of four feminists' blog « A woman, a century », is dedicated to women who marked their century with their writings.

Do you know Olympes de Gouges ? Author of the Declaration of the right of female and Citizen, this woman from the eighteenth century wrote supporting women’s rights and the abolition of slavery too! These last words before being guillotined were "Children of the motherland will avenge my death"

More mystical, there is the Doctor of the Church Hildegard of Bingen. Entering a convent at 8, this nun of the twelfth century received visions throughout her life, including one, at the age of 42, which intimated her to write what she saw. 800 years later, Causae et Curae is still a source of inspiration for those who wish to maintain good health, using natural methods.

Hannah Arendt was a political theorist & philosopher from the twentieth century. Born in Germany, she studied under Martin Heidegger’s supervision and had an affair with him. Persecuted as a Jew, she was first imprisoned in Germany, then arrested in France. She escaped twice and fled to America, whereshe wrote many essays & books including her passionate On Revolution.

In this blog, we will talk about Simone de Beauvoir. Famous philosopher, novelist and essayist of the twentieth century, this woman is a mastermind! Considered as an important theorist of feminism, particularly in her book The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir participated in the women's liberation movement in the 1970s.