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04.04 The Role of Women In the Enlightenment
World History
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History
9th Grade
11/08/2012

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What is the Difference between an Extended Family and a Nuclear Family?
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Extended families are large and include grandparents, adult spouses and their children, and grandchildren all living and working together.

 

Nuclear families are smaller and consist of parents and their children.

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What Event in the 17th Century Indicated Tensions over Gender Issues?
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Witchcraft Persecutions
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How did the Enlightenment change the economic role of women?
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Women were offered few economic oppourtunities and many laws were in placed that made hard on them financially.
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What kind of educatoin did women receive during the Enlightenment?
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Educational oppourtunites were only open to middle and upper class women.
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What was the most common use of a women's dowry during the Enlightenment?
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Dowries were used to get married.
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There is a controversy over the perception of the women who led the salons. What is the view of those criticizing the salons?
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Those opposing the salons believed that the salonnieres turned their backs on their families and children and did nothing of importance in the salons.
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Who was Mme De Gouge?
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Olympe de Gouge was a French women who wrote for the equal rights of both genders. Mme de Gouge was eventually beheaded for her beliefs.
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Describe the Parisian Salon of the 17th Century
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These salons were serious and regular. Intellectuals gathered to discuss the latest ideas.
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Accordingto Mary Wollstonecraft, what was the key to women's self respect?
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Education
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Mary Wollstonecraft is described as a radical. What is the meaning of the word in this cotext?
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She desired to bridge the gap between mankind's present circumstances and ultimate perfection.
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