MMW 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Olympe De Gouges, Mary Wollstonecraft, Francesco Algarotti
3 Jun 2020
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Groundwork for the modern feminist movement: the impact of the enlightenment on european women. E. g. of lady mary montagu (1689-1762: wife of british ambassador to turkey, allowed her to travel and read and write. Mid-18 th century publications on science for women: lady"s diary or female spectator- included inquiries to science b) Indicated a shift towards women coming out of the confines of family: social contract theory applied to the domestic sphere. Olympe de gouges: declaration of the rights of women (1791) In order to receive, women must also be ready to sacrifice the same thing they expect men to give. Emilie where they would each do their work during the mornings and then come together at night to discuss. Inescapable contradiction between happiness and love (1) common misconception that associates love with suffering and unhappiness unknown (a) the unhappy are interesting, the happy are (b) it"s only when things go bad that we hear about love.
