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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT WITNESSING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - Coggle Diagram
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT WITNESSING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
GOING TO FRANCE
Wollstonecraft went to Paris in 1792
to observe the French Revolution
She was disappointed in what she found.
The statues had been destroyed
Nobody could stand on the side of the king
The citizens were armed
REVOLUTIONARY TIME AND DATES
The revolutionary leaders had changed:
Names of the days of the week
The length of the week (10 days)
Each month was divided into three revolutionary weeks
Decimal time
WITNESSING THE KING’S EXECUTION
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN EARLY REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
POLITICAL and SEXUAL LIBERTY
multiple love affairs
Men could learn to view women as worthy partners.
Women could find their own moral strength and philosophical capacities.
EQUALITY and TRUE LOVE
people would be free to follow their hearts
It can be real if the partners are equal
In Paris she met and fell in love with Gilbert Imlay
ESCALATING VIOLENCE
blood flowing in the streets
fear of being arrested and or executed
REIGN of TERROR
The Jacobins tightened their grip on the city
The city was stained with blood
Robespierre and his collaborators
imprisoned and killed anyone who was against the revolution.
PREGNANCY
PERSONAL is POLITICAL
Modern feminist theory
unhappy wife outcast by society
Injustice/patriarchy
DISILLUSION
both political and about relationships
BACKLASH ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Robespierre executed Marie Antoinette
They wanted the New France to be like Ancient Rome
men made the laws
WOMEN
agreed in everything
should be at home raising children.
30 October
divorce
barred women from joining revolutionary clubs and taking part in political demonstrations.