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DBQ on women
Title: DBQ on women
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 844 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
DBQ on women
The 17th and 18th centuries saw the beginning stage of the women’s movement towards intellectual and social equality with men. Women were weaker physically, bore children as well as nurtured them. The economics and culture of Europe at this time were strongly influenced by religion and resulted in prejudiced acts against women. The dominating religions of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries reinforced women’ roles as mother’s, wives, and homemakers. Women were …showed first 75 words of 844 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 844 total…not continue to do the chores of the house as efficiently,
While most people in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries retained traditional beliefs of women, a growing number of intellectuals tried to loosen these traditional values by allowing them to study science. Science was an opening for women to use observation and deduction, skills acquired from everyday living and curiosity, to try and clear some misconceptions that most of society had about them.
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