French writer and social reformer Olympe de Gouges was sent to the guillotine on November 3, 1793, in Paris. After the moderate Girondins (whom Gouges supported) were removed from power, the French Revolution devolved into the Reign of Terror, with Maximilien Robespierre as one of its architects. Gouges published a pamphlet accusing Robespierre of tyranny and was arrested after calling for a plebiscite to allow citizens to choose their own form of government. She was subjected to a mock trial and executed.
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