Woman Timeline
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Women's History [10]
Woman Timeline The Renaissance The perfect court lady should we well educated and charming, but not fame-seekers. (The Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione) Christine de Pizan- Europe?s first feminist. Isabella d?Este-her life as patron of the arts shows the most socially acceptable role for a well-educated Renaissance woman. The Reformation Martin Luther believed that Christian women should strive to be models of obedience and Christian charity. Because of the reduction of the access to convents, women were forced to seek changes in their roles. Quakers regularly allowed women to preach. Witchcraft was often associated with older, widowed women. The Enlightenment Madame Geoffrin- most influential salon hostesses.