Olympe de Gouges advocated for the rights of women during the Revolution. She was politically very much involved, and at the end because of her beliefs she was beheaded.
Mary Astell is not correct answer as she was English feminist that died more than fifty years before the Revolution started.
The same thing goes with Rousseau, who was a famous French philosopher who died ten years before the Revolution.
Maria Merian also lived before the French Revolution. She was a famous Swiss scientist.
The African Americans helped out the war majorly throughout that time period. They participated in protest marches and also tried to join the forces with blacks to fight for freedom.
