Women and citizenship: origins of a right and a debate on the political participation of women in government

摘要

This paper reflects on the political debates conducted by thinkers such as Rousseau, Sieyes, Diderot, Condorcet, Olympe de Gouges, among others, about political participation and inclusion of women in the context of the French Revolution; a very important social and historical context because of the implications it would have in the rise of the Liberal State concerning the recognition of citizenship as the attribute that gives the right to participate in State issues. Citizenship was configured as a dual ability to choose rulers and take on the voice of the general will to determine the direction of a nation; however, at the time, women were relegated of this possibility, not being able to know the maximum claim that had motivated the French Revolution: equality.