Mary Wollstoncraft's book, "The Vindication of the Rights of Women," is an incredibly insightful look into the life of women in the early portion of this century. It is a p...
The eighteenth century brought about a great deal of change and a new-found interest in science and reason. Because of this, many great inventions, ideas and innovative theori...
When one reads Ibsen's A Doll's House Today, he may find it very difficult to imagine how daring it might have seemed at the time it was written. Nora's actions were almos...
When one reads Ibsen's A Doll's House Today, he may find it very difficult to imagine how daring it might have seemed at the time it was written. Nora's actions were almos...
"Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government." (Wollstonecraft, 1792)....
's Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written in 1792 and is a book that should be essential reading for students of British literature for a number o...
The Industrial Revolution in Britan:
Notes AP European History
The ground was prepared by the voyages of discovery from Western Europe in the 15th and 16th cent., which...
A well known social figure once said "In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist." This person was Gloria Steinem. Gloria Steinem,...
I. Introduction
Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge, is an awesome drama rooted in early-nineteenth-century England. The story opens with an astonishing sc...
Women's Suffrage
The struggle to achieve equal rights for women is often thought to have begun, in the English-speaking world, with the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's...
The powerful influence of the French Revolution can be traced in the reactions of those who witnessed the event firsthand and in the strong emotions it has aroused ever since....
Who is John Stuart Mill?
John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806, in London, England. He was mostly known for his radical views. For example, he preached sexual equality,...
HIS 102WESTERN CIVILIZATION II
Terms & Key WordsSection II
Topic #2: The Reign of Terror and the Guillotine
Storming of the Tuileries (Aug 1792): revolutionary eve...
"Marriage is law, and the worst of all laws."(Godwin in Paul 113) is what William Godwin, an 18th century English writer who is also known as "the founder of philosophical an...