Olympe de Gouges (born Marie Gouze; 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women’s rights and abolitionism.
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Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher who became a pioneer in the fight for women’s rights. Her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, challenged societal norms by arguing for women’s education, empowerment, and independence.
Illustrative Examples (p 99) – Demands
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Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author as well as a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment, also known as ”The Father of Economics” or ”The Father of Capitalism”.
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Denis Diderot (1713 -1784) French man of letters and philosopher who, from 1745 to 1772, served as chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the principal works of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. (1712–1778)
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Philosopher, Government Official, Legal Professional, Writer (1689–1755)
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Academic, Philosopher, Political Scientist, Journalist, Historian (1588–1679)
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “father of liberalism”. (1632–1704)
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
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Baroque composer George Handel was born February 23, 1685, in Halle, Germany. In 1704 Handel made his debut as an opera composer with Almira. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music before forming the New Royal Academy of Music in 1727. When Italian operas fell out of fashion, he started composing oratorios, including Messiah. George Handel died April 14, 1759, in London, England
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Composer, Pianist (1756–1791)
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he produced over 600 works.
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Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule in 1215, King John is forced to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or “Great Charter.” The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation’s laws.
The Magna Carta was seen as a cornerstone in the development of democratic England by later generations.
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