TheEnlightenment.pptVIP

French Enlightenment Women Madame Geoffrin used her home for many of the salon meetings in France. She not only hosted the meetings, but often directed the conversations and settled arguments. Olympe de Gouges published the female version of the document of the French Revolution. She called it the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. She called for equality in all things. When she spoke out against the bloodshed of the French Revolution, they sent her to the guillotine. Think/ Pair/Share Who were the two famous French women of the Enlightenment? Abigail Adams Wife to John Adams, who was a leader of the American Revolution and later President. She reminded John not to forget women in the Revolution. “Remember, all men would be tyrannts if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to start a rebellion…we will not hold ourselves bound to any Laws in which we have no voice.” Mary Wollstonecraft An English writer. In 1792, she argued that women deserved the same rights and opportunities as men. Wollstonecraft believed education was the key for women wanting equality and freedom. She inspired many later leaders of the women’s rights movement in America. Think/ Pair/Share List the contributions of Mary Wollstonecraft. Whiteboard Approved in 1689, the new set of rights for Parliament and the English people were set down in the A. Magna Carta B. Orders of Parliament C. Laws of William Mary D. English Bill of Rights Whiteboard Approved in 1689, the new set of rights for Parliament and the English people were set down in the D. English Bill of Rights Montesquieu: Separation of Powers Like Locke, Montesquieu was concerned with how to protect liberty from a bad government. He Wrote The Spirit of Laws in 1748. In this book, he described how governments should be organized. His idea: The separation of powers: By dividing different powers among more than one branch of government, no one