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WOMEN IN THE 18 TH CENTURY

WOMEN IN THE 18 TH CENTURY. WOMEN IN THE 18 TH CENTURY. THE “CENTURY OF WOMEN” Era of great change for many women New opportunities, new roles But for many, life remained largely the same. WOMEN IN THE 18 TH CENTURY. END OF THE TEREM Noble women no longer sequestered

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WOMEN IN THE 18 TH CENTURY

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  1. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY

  2. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • THE “CENTURY OF WOMEN” • Era of great change for many women • New opportunities, new roles • But for many, life remained largely the same

  3. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • END OF THE TEREM • Noble women no longer sequestered • Public mingling of sexes • Women given access to all forms of public life • Negative reactions • Positive reactions

  4. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • WOMEN OF THE LOWER SOCIAL ORDERS • Much less change • Age of marriage low, but began to rise • Peter decreed no forced marriages • But also enforced young marriage of serf women • Some misogynistic practices outlawed

  5. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PROMINENT WOMEN • NATALIA NARYSHKINA • Refused to be constrained by terem • Advised Peter on important matters • Very interested in West

  6. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PROMINENT WOMEN • NATALIA ALEKSEEVNA • Imbued with similar spirit of activism • Avid patron of arts • Founded 1st court theater

  7. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PROMINENT WOMEN • Princess Catherine Dashkova • Highly educated & intelligent • First woman President of Academy of Sciences • Fell out of favor with Catherine the Great for “free thinking”

  8. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PROMINENT WOMEN • Development of women’s consciousness • Growth in women’s education • SMOLNY INSTITUTE • Women began writing & publishing • Emergence of female intellectuals • PELAGEIA VOLYNTSEVA: playwright, author, translator, publisher • ANNA VOLKOVA: poet • EKATERINA KNIAZHNINA: poet

  9. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PROMINENT WOMEN • Women in the performing arts • TATIANA TROEPOLSKAIA: actress • ANNA TIMOFEEVNA, ANNA BERILOVA: ballerinas • PRASKOVIA KOVALEVA: The “Pearl” • Serf actress in private theater of Count N. P. Sheremetev • Became most famous woman of stage in 18th century • Represents great possibilities available to women

  10. WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY • PERSISTANCE OF PATRIARCHY • Changes felt most in upper classes • View of women as inferior remained firmly entrenched • Women’s freedom seen as damaging to family, society

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