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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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1931

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Some Phases Of The History Of The Woman's Movement In Tennessee, Elizabeth Stone Hoyt Aug 1931

Some Phases Of The History Of The Woman's Movement In Tennessee, Elizabeth Stone Hoyt

Masters Theses

The discussion of the woman's movement in this thesis will not refer exclusively to feminine operations for equal suffrage, but will include, also, the intellectual, the political, the humanitarian, and the economic development of women. One cannot say dogmatically that on such a day in such a month of such a year woman started to free herself from her inferior position. The woman's movement, like other great movements, has been in the process of evolution during a long period of time. In practice, woman's position has varied from age to age; but, in theory, woman has not been considered an …


A Comparison Of Rabelais's Ideas On Intellectual, Religious, And Social Freedom With Those Of Montaigne, Calvin, And Marguerite De Navarre, Archalita Reba Millsaps Jun 1931

A Comparison Of Rabelais's Ideas On Intellectual, Religious, And Social Freedom With Those Of Montaigne, Calvin, And Marguerite De Navarre, Archalita Reba Millsaps

Masters Theses

(From the Introduction)

The characteristic intellectual manifestation of the Renaissance in France was the spirit of free inquiry, of revolt against traditional authority. In other words, it was the assertion of the freedom of man and of the rights of the individual. For this reason the sixteenth century marks a great change in all the provinces of the intellectual life. Here can be seen the full advent of the Italian Renaissance with its spirit of intense liberty and originality.