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Here’s an important name from the past that far too few Americans know: Olympe de Gouges. Before she met the guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution, she spoke out against slavery, oppression, and discrimination. Declaration Of The Rights Of Woman And Of The Female Citizen, her book, is one of the first recognizably feminist texts published anywhere on earth. She was unbossed, dangerous, uncompromising, and resolutely free — and Sylvie Burger, the outspoken front person of Womankind, strongly identifies with her struggle.
“Free Woman,” the closing track on Womankind’s full-length Kind Of Love, isn’t necessarily about Olympe de Gouges. Burger’s anthemic lyrics can apply to any woman pushing back against the patriarchy and this not so kind misogynistic world. But de Gouges battle meets perfectly with the inspiration of the song, and Burger is carrying on her fight. She’s turned her pen against gender oppression in the same fearless manner that de Gouges did centuries ago. Her music has an international orientation, speaking to individuals around the globe. Burger keeps her observations sharp, her humor biting, her objectives plain, and her backbone strong.
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