HIS326Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Marguerite Bourgeoys, Jeanne Mance, Gerontocracy
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Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are laregly excluded from it. Who"s the father: greece had large influence on philosophy and politics (views of women, st. paul women have no permission to speak adam born first, eve who strayed. Invented numbers so chiefs could be ranked: mexico city goddess, filth eater, health healers were women, day of the dead onset of winter, spirits very near. Jeanne mance: found money for montreal during religious revival, co-founder , trained as a nurse, first hospital in montreal, credited for saving montreal from iroquois, marguerite bourgeoys set up schools for settlers, public education worked for common people. The legacy: women brought from france a considerable amount of property rights, wide variety of occupations. Legal system rich women in new france: widowed women get special treatment, girls and boys inherited division of land, pension for older people.
