Rousseau

Woman's Education According to Rousseau and Wollstonecraft Give, without scruples, a woman's education to women, see to it that they love the cares of their sex, that they possess modesty, that they know how to grow old in their mŽnage and keep busy in their house. Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile The neglected education of my fellow-creatures is the grand source of the misery I deplore. Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of women …

…influence his work for the rest of his life. One of his first encounters was with Madame de Warens, whom he referred to as maman, also a convert to Catholicism and an escapee from Geneva. Because of her support he was able to take part in knowledgeable conversations, philosophical discussions, and intellectual pursuits. From her privileged position he was able to observe with fraternal pity the people whose fate he might have shared ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**