WGS 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams, Age Of Enlightenment

• School: CMU
• Department: Women and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS 328
• Professor: Tara Mcarthy

Document Summary

Did not change the idea of femme covert (stays until 19th century) Camp followers-do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:374)urses (cid:271)ut helpi(cid:374)g the soldiers. Petitioners-women signed petitions, will not do it again until the abolitionist movement. Two patriotic women: mercy otis warren: Came from a very elite colonial family. Wrote during the revolution and after the war. Friends with abigail adams: abigail adams: Knew a lot because she is married to john. The enlightenment: no big movement coming from the enlightenment that has to do with education of women; focused on education for men and boys, mary wollstonecraft (1759-1799): Published (cid:862)a vindication of the rights of. To challenge russo"s work about the education of boys. Girls to be educated to develop rational and moral capacity. If you educated women, they can be independent thinkers who can contribute to the social good, through the education of their children: judith sargent murray: Published (cid:862)on the equality of the sexes(cid:863) in 1790.