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In 1768, Biétrix funded de Gouges's move to Paris, where he provided her with an income.cite-ref-hesse2006-15-1[15] She lived with her son and her sister.cite-ref-auto3-13-1[13] She socialized in fashionable society, at one point being called "one of Paris' prettiest women," and formed friendships with Madame de Montesson and Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.cite-ref-mousset27-16-0[16] De Gouges attended the artistic and philosophical salons of Paris, where she met many writers, including La Harpe, Mercier, and Chamfort, as well as future politicians such as Brissot and Condorcet. She usually was invited to the salons of Madame de Montesson and the Comtesse de Beauharnais, who also were playwrights.

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