Woman's Struggle For Independence

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freedom to voice there opinion about the arts and social issues
as long as there opinions weren't very radical. However women were only the
objects in the arts. They were the models and not the creators. They were not
allowed to express themselves but only to be expressed by others. This lead into
the period of the Reformation, women were still viewed as property and the
homemakers. They did not really get there place in society.
The 17th century was the first real growth of the women's movement. Up
until this time women had been in the same category as property or slaves. But
as the French society moved toward revolution women began to speak of the
injustice against them. "The Vindication of Rights of Women (1792) called for
the extension of the principle of the liberty to women and urging that equal
public education be made available for men and women" (Perry, 289). This list of
the right that women were lacking was one of the first attempts at creating a
legislation that ...

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