Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYTHE “CENTURY OF WOMEN” Era of great change for many women New opportunities, new roles But for many, life remained largely the sameWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYEND OF THE TEREM Noble women no longer sequestered Public mingling of sexes Women given access to all forms of public life Negative reactions Positive reactionsWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYWOMEN 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 outlawedWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPROMINENT WOMEN NATALIA NARYSHKINA Refused to be constrained by terem  Advised Peter on important matters Very interested in WestWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPROMINENT WOMEN NATALIA ALEKSEEVNA Imbued with similar spirit of activism  Avid patron of arts• Founded 1st court theaterWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPROMINENT 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”WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPROMINENT 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: poetWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPROMINENT 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 womenWOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURYPERSISTANCE OF PATRIARCHY Changes felt most in upper classes View of women as inferior remained firmly entrenched Women’s freedom seen as damaging to family,