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1. Write a statement about how Wollstonecraft, Godwin and Mill define liberty and equality. Think about how, in 1791, in the initial stages of the French Revolution, in response to the exclusion of women from the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French National Assembly, a butcher's daughter, Olympe de Gouge wrote and circulated a Declaration of the Rights of Women. Her ideas cost her her life. Those same ideas are taken up and advanced by Wollstonecraft, Godwin and John Stuart Mill. Consider what about those ideas made them dangerous and to whom were they dangerous. Explore whether they are still dangerous, and to whom.(10 minutes)







2. Write a brief explanation of the feelings you had about these readings and the ideas they espouse. (5 minutes)







3. Introduce yourself to the students in your group and share your statement and explanations with the rest of the group. Spend a bit of time talking with each other about each of your statements to see where they lead you. (15 minutes)

4. Share your statements with each other and try to draft a combined statement about the essence of the views of liberty and equality that inform these works. Summarize the feelings your group had after reading the work(s) in question. (30 minutes)

The members of my group were:

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