Thesis Building Exercise Section 21, 02/27 by Julian Dodson

Wren Olson, Tatiana Camacho, Calin Swan, Phia Angel, Natalie Tish, ellie phillips

2026-02-27 21:43:14 UTC

Wollstonecraft was more radical than Rousseau in their thoughts on education for women in that she opposed women remaining within traditional gender roles to appeal to men, believing that women should be educated to improve their intellect and offered the same opportunities as men. In contrast, Rousseau argued that women should be educated based on their "natural role" of tending to a man, which reinforces a more traditional view of women's education.

Group Members: Sam Mungai, Jack Unneland, Lauren Kotowski, Yaroth Olvera

2026-02-27 21:45:39 UTC

Regarding women's education and compared to Rousseau, Wollstonecraft's ideas would be considered most radical because her Enlightenment ideas on women's reasoning and capacity faced heavy criticism and backlash, they opposed social norms and ideals for women during this time period.

Olivia Hilton, Logan Engen, Simone Darden

2026-02-27 21:46:30 UTC

Thesis: Though both writers address the issue of education for women, Rousseau claims that women should be educated to serve men and their family. In contrast, Wollstonecraft's ideas are much more radical, emphasizing education for the purpose of equality and intellectual freedom.

delanie, emma, macy

2026-02-27 21:47:20 UTC

Thesis- Wollstonecraft was more radical than Rousseau as she advocates for equal opportunities in getting education for women. Rousseau thought women should be educated in the societal boundaries set for women at the time.

This is a very stark difference to the first authors viewpoint as he argued that women shouldn't be educated like men but rather in the ways of a women. Yet he thought this should be done for the benefit of men. In comparison Wollenstone believes it important to empower women for themselves and themselves only. She also calls for reform of the way society views women's education. Overall she see's women as more than just extensions of men, which at the time is a more progressive and radical viewpoint.

2026-02-27 21:47:48 UTC

Tony Gonzalez and Madelyn Reynolds

Wollstonecraft was more radical in her thoughts on education for women, she compared women to animals who only know how to think with their emotions rather than logic, arguing that women shouldn't exist if they are only meant to serve men and that women deserve an education so they are not so ignorant and innocent.

Jared Zaiss, Abigail Phipps, Conrad Johnson

2026-02-27 21:47:52 UTC

Wollstonecraft is more radical than Rousseau. While Rousseau was certainly progressive for his time, his beliefs surrounding women’s education remained in the structures that existed and still centered men. In contrast, Wollstonecraft believed women should be free to explore their own education without constraint, seeking for the future of women’s rights.

Conrad Brown, Paul Byers

2026-02-27 21:48:04 UTC

For their time, Wollstonecraft was more radical in her thoughts because she believed women should be independent from their husband unlike the common female role in society that was due to poor education.

Sydney Garza,Araceli Santana, Stephanie Igwala, Masi Nakazwe

2026-02-27 21:48:07 UTC

Mary Wollstonecrafts thoughts about education for women in 1792 was more radical than Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas primarily because Wollstonecrafts expressed her opinions from a personal point of view/ personal experience being a women in that time, while Rousseau's opinions were from an outsiders point of view.

Thesis Building Exercise Section 21

2026-02-27 21:48:15 UTC

Braden Rouse, Joanne To

Wollstonecraft's thoughts of education for women was more radical than Rousseau's for their time. Both agree that Women's Education needs reform; but given the broader general context of women's rights at the time, even suggesting that women should be equal to men in any capacity is viewed as far more radical.

Ryan McFerran, Tiago van der Ven, Tom Gardner

2026-02-27 21:49:42 UTC

For her time, Wollstonecraft was more radical than Rousseau because she argued for equal education between men and women, rather than separate forms of education based on gender. She argued that woman should be educated to improve their intellect in the same way as a man rather than being educated in a way that will help them serve men, which is what Rousseau was arguing.

Thesis Statement

2026-02-27 21:49:49 UTC

Matias Burzenski

TJ Neal

Wollstonecraft was the more radical thinker during their time since she wanted women to be educated not for just men but because women also deserved to be educated and had their own value as well.

Payton zdenek and Jailee Ottman

paytonzdenek — 2026-02-27 21:50:09 UTC

We believe Wollstonecraft's was the most radical in their thoughts on education for women because overall her argument consisted of women should be able to choose what they do with their education. These ideas purpose equality amongst men and women and does not inplement restrictions on womens ability to get an education.

In contrast, we think Rousseau's ideas are not radical because their view consisted of women should only be educated in ways to benefit their home and for their children. Rousseau specifically mentions how educated mothers are the most beneficial towards male children in order to prep them to be future leaders. THey mention that women are too simple minded with big emotions and would be unable to deal with the same knowledge as men would be given. This would end up drawing women back to be "lower than women" because they would not know what to do with the knowledge.

Mathew Wilson, Nate Johnson, Colin Jones

2026-02-27 21:50:54 UTC

Thesis Statement: Mary Wollstonecraft was the more radical between the two authors because she was speaking from experience and advocating for women in contrast to Rousseau who was more in tame in his statements.

Sasha A, Zavian S, Esthefany B, Sofia D

2026-02-27 21:52:54 UTC

Thesis: Although both writers supported women’s education, Wollstonecraft was more radical because she argued that women are rational beings entitled to the same intellectual development as men, whereas Rousseau reinforced traditional gender roles by limiting women’s education to serving male-centered purposes.

Luke Perko, Sultan Sultan, Dallen Gray, Wyatt Romero

2026-02-27 21:54:09 UTC

For their time, Mary Wollstonecraft was the more radical thinker in her thoughts on education because while Rousseau called for the education of women at a time when that was not common, he believed that women should be educated for the sake of better serving men, which were views on the subject that were more common relative to the time period, but Wollstonecraft's belief that women should be educated for the sake of being able to critically think and make decisions for themselves was more radical for the time period.