Question
This activist is the earliest one highlighted in historian Joan Scott’s book Only Paradoxes to Offer, which is about the self-contradictions of the feminist struggle for citizenship. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this activist who published a document that mirrors a prior text’s claim that “social distinctions may only be based on common utility.” This activist was executed for supporting a moderate constitutional monarchy.
ANSWER: Olympe de Gouges (“oh-LAMP duh GOOZH”) [or Marie Gouze]
[10m] Olympe de Gouges drafted a feminist response to this document drafted by Marquis de Lafayette and Abbé Sieyès (“s’yay-YES”). The first article of this document claims “Men are born and remain free.”
ANSWER: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen [or Déclaration des droits de l’Homme et du citoyen de 1789]
[10e] Olympe de Gouges’s Declaration of the Rights of Women was dedicated to this person, who was executed shortly after her husband Louis XVI.
ANSWER: Marie Antoinette [or Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne; or Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; prompt on Marie or Antoinette]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
Data
| Maryland A (Grad) | GWU A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UNC A (Grad) | Liberty B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UNC D (DII) | UNC B (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Virginia A (UG) | Virginia C (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |