ABSTRACT
Olympe wrote a letter to the editors of Thermometre du jour (Thermometer of the Day), published on March 1, 1772. She expressed in it her fears of violence and despotism. On March 22, Olympe dedicated a manifesto to the King. To better mock them, she even made fun of herself. On April 15, she addressed a new brochure to the Legislative Assembly. Despite particularly caustic attacks on the part of the Jacobins who strongly disapproved of the event, Olympe participated in the Day of the Law at the Champ de Mars on June 3, 1792. The Revolution's attacks were self-condemning for Olympe. She was accused of being Louis XV's bastard child; she retorted that she was indeed daughter to a crown, but a crown of laurels, and that she had been a patriotic citizen early on, as opposed to Marat, Robespierre, and Bourdon: Insects rotting in the quagmire of corruption which one have yet to break away from.
