She fought to give women the right to divorce and campaigned on behalf of children born out of wedlock. But in late 18th century France, her radical thinking proved too much for her contemporaries in ...

Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...

In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

Olympe de Gouges pursued her literary career with new publications: plays, novels and essays. She confirmed her commitment to denouncing slavery by publishing her Réflexions sur les hommes nègres ...

Bloomsbury Sport will publish the first in-depth biography of Tour de France 2025 winning cyclist Tadej Pogačar, written by William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Andy McGrath.

It’s the French Revolution and four prominent women — playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Haitian spy Marianne Angelle and Queen Marie Antoinette — find themselves holed up ...

Women in France secured the right to vote on 21 April 1944 through a wartime decree issued by the provisional government under General de Gaulle. "Women are voters and eligible [for election] under ...

Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges ...

Theatre UAB will present “The Revolutionists,” an irreverent comedy about four beautiful, badass women who lose their heads in 1790s Paris, from Feb. 26-March 2. This girl-powered play’s central ...

Marcus J. Moore, author of 2020’s The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America, initially assumed it was too late to follow it with a book about one of his favorite ...

Last November, surviving De La Soul members Maseo and Posdnuos said they were "exploring all of [their] legal options" after acclaimed music journalist Marcus J. Moore published his "unauthorized" ...

Boeing overcharged the Air Force for simple spare parts on C-17 aircraft by $1 million over a four-year period, according to the Pentagon. The defense giant marked up the cost of soap dispensers by ...