https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0 en-us 2022-11-07 14:32:55 UTC 2022-11-11 19:48:12 UTC hello@padlet.com vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373187856 2022-11-07 14:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373187856 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373683372 From 1759-1797 in London, England Mary Wollstonecraft experienced the French revolution. She is the second child of Elizabeth Dixon and Edward John Wollstonecraft; in the early stages of her life the family was financially stable but slowly over time they wasted their money on small irrelevant projects. The father would at times beat his wife through the influence of alcohol. She never followed social norms even when she was young, she convinced her sister, Eliza to run from the abusive family. Mary was then able to create some connections with people that allowed her to get a few jobs to sustain herself. But she slowly got tired of being a governess after a year and decided she wanted to be an author. She started being very well known for her writing, translating, and was very active in the social life. She attended Johnson's famous dinners and met famous people during that time. Mary fell in love with an already wed man named Henry Fuseli. Her flaw of not following social norms then made her a social outcast because she failed to propose an arrangement. She then moved to French and experienced the beheading of Louis XVI and the Reign of Terror. The acts of the revolution or also called the Jacobins, made Mary realize that there should be equality between men and woman. She believed in the Jacobins beliefs but not the violence that they inflicted onto the people or the way they were trying to reach their goal.]]> 2022-11-07 19:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373683372 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373684184 She wrote multiple pieces of articles, letters, and books, but one of the letters that stood out was the “Vindication of the Rights of Men” which rebutted Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. Burke was trying to defend the established order but did not have good points, so Mary decided to reveal the truth and write a book that was in the format of a letter. The letter explained how there are so many evils going on that has no limit. She writes, "Where is the eye that marks these evils, more gigantic than any of the infringements of property, which you piously deprecate?" She shows light onto this issue in the present world while the Jacobins were taking over.]]> 2022-11-07 19:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2373684184 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375164987 The political, religious, intellectual, and cultural significance of Salons for woman were to be able to talk with each other. These discussions fueled womans want of equality and talk about ideas with each other to fuel the need for woman's rights.]]> 2022-11-08 15:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375164987 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165694 It brings in light on what was happening during that year to the woman. This allows other woman to be inspired by the novels being created.]]> 2022-11-08 15:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165694 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165843 It made people realize that they can't be so close-minded. The works reflected on the different political, religious, educational, and cultural viewpoints that people had. ]]> 2022-11-08 15:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165843 vg611 https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165974 The Enlightenment built upon the Reformation and Renaissance by opening up religious aspects to Europe. ]]> 2022-11-08 15:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vg611/nbbe44yeaxajm5b0/wish/2375165974