The mid-eighteenth century was one of social, economic, and political changes. This period of time is also known as the age of revolution to create more democratic nations and states. These revolutions were brought on by the ideas of the Renaissance, scientific revolution, protestant reformation, and the Enlightenment. During the 1750’s in Europe and Asia monarchs ruled through absolutism where they could extend their control over their subjects and the two countries that were constitutional monarchies, where the people have more of a say in their government and rulers, were England and the Netherlands. The jobs of the people were also shifting they were moving more towards industry and trade and away from agriculture. The middle class was
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“Advice literature in England, directed to the middle-class housewife, suggests that mothers were not conveniently at hand, as the housewife was urged to seek aid from neighbours even in as important an event as childbirth.” During the 1750’s this notion was challenged especially with Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women, and this opened up the literature and society to comment on the gender differences, but this was futile. Wollstonecraft argues for women to be educated because they are in charge of raising the children and are then able to pass this knowledge onto the children. She argues that women should be educated according to their social standing and play a crucial role in society because when they are educated they can then pass this onto their children and if mothers from all around are educated this can lead to them educating the youth and making the nation better. This is an important piece of literature because it questioned women’s role in society because they were expected to be wives and homemakers, but if they are educated then they can then go on to be companions and share in discussion with their husbands. This went against the established idea that women were just playthings that could be married off to become housewives, instead Wollstonecraft argued that women deserve the same fundamental rights that men have because they too are human beings. While she did fight for universal education for women and for better treatment of women, she was not saying that men and women were equal, but she did say they should both be treated like human
“Advice literature in England, directed to the middle-class housewife, suggests that mothers were not conveniently at hand, as the housewife was urged to seek aid from neighbours even in as important an event as childbirth.” During the 1750’s this notion was challenged especially with Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women, and this opened up the literature and society to comment on the gender differences, but this was futile. Wollstonecraft argues for women to be educated because they are in charge of raising the children and are then able to pass this knowledge onto the children. She argues that women should be educated according to their social standing and play a crucial role in society because when they are educated they can then pass this onto their children and if mothers from all around are educated this can lead to them educating the youth and making the nation better. This is an important piece of literature because it questioned women’s role in society because they were expected to be wives and homemakers, but if they are educated then they can then go on to be companions and share in discussion with their husbands. This went against the established idea that women were just playthings that could be married off to become housewives, instead Wollstonecraft argued that women deserve the same fundamental rights that men have because they too are human beings. While she did fight for universal education for women and for better treatment of women, she was not saying that men and women were equal, but she did say they should both be treated like human