Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion is a six volume series that explores the history of women and feminism through literature. This series will be a useful source for our project. Using this series, we can find authors that used their books in order to promote a change in woman education. We can also look at how the education advanced over the years.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a book written by Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary's goal when writing this book was to show that woman are not inferior to men, but only appear to be due to the lack of education. Mary was a very influential advocate for women's rights. Using this as a source for our project would let us see how enraged women were with their current social status.
Dictionary Of Literary Characters is a book that will allow us to find more sources. The book covers a large amount of writers that were involved in the education movement. We can use it to look back at writers and see how their view points changed and what tools they used to push the argument that women needed more education.
This picture shows how men considered themselves on a higher level than women. Good be used well with the Vindication of the Rights of Woman where Mary Wollstonecraft is arguing for woman to be educated and considered equals.
This picture summarizes what women were expected to do each day of their life. Women were expected to take care of the children and the house while the men work. We can use this to show the social status of women.
This is a picture of a Blue Stocking Society meeting where women came together to educate each other. The Blue Stocking Society knew they couldn't rely on the government for assistance.
The book Women in Eighteenth-Century Europe is an overview of how differently women were treated compared to men. This book will show the hierarchy in families, work and wages, and the social status of women. This source allows us to see the big picture and show how differently women were treated compared to men.
