Toward a New Worldview - Women and Enlightenment

3 important questions on Toward a New Worldview - Women and Enlightenment

Why did some philosophes championed greater rights and expanded education for women

Because they claimed that the position and treatment of women were the best indicators of a society's level of civilization and decency

Name 2 influences women had in the enlightment

1. They played a role in the informal participation in salons were intellectual people met
2. Great influence on artistic taste, the style 'rococo' was favoured

Why was there a wider shift in ideas about gender during and were there new stereotypes

Because of Rousseau's emphasis on the natural laws governing women

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