Madame Geoffrin Research Paper

Madame Geoffrin Was a French enlightment in (1699-1777) who was born in France. She was the first child of bourgeois who was later named Pierre rodet. At a young age her mother died from giving birth to her brother. When that happened she was sent to live with her grandmother Madame Chemineau on the rue Saint-Honoré. She was Known for the salon on the rue saint honor`e. In her salon she had an aristocratic view of political and social matters. She was devoted to the management and organization of her salon. She held dinners at her salon twice weekly. Monday’s were for artists. Wednesdays were reserved for men of letters. She hosted influential philosophers of her time. She expressed the quality of politeness, and helped to continue intellectual

discussion. Madame Geoffrin’s moto was “Donner et pardoner” which means to give and be forgiven. Madame Geoffrin had a passion for education, though she did not have a lot of education as a child.
Madame Geoffrin was very significant because she demonstrated the importance of 18th century women.

She was incredibly intelligent and was a good listener. She was called a benefactor. She would help the poor and help lots of women through the French enlightment. She was recognized for her support of the influential era of the enlightment. She influenced the

During this time it was the age of reason and people were questioning lots of things instead of believing what they were told. Madame Geoffrin socially impacted the world as well as economically and politically. She had views of social and political matters. Socially she really influenced the age of reason because of her salon. Economically she influenced the age of reason. She often helped young authors struggling to make ends meet and on Sundays she didn't open up her salon. Instead she put together large sums of money in little bags to distribute among the

poor.

Madame Geoffrin would frequently host Voltaire, Montesquieu at her salon.

Madame Geoffrin’s three most significant inventions/ theories consisted of the following.

She invented the Enlightenment salon. She made a one o’ clock dinner instead of the traditional late night dinner. She believed that there she be an entire afternoon of conversation. The last thing she did was, by regulating the dinners, she set up a specific day of the week for them. Mondays were assigned to artists, Wednesdays were for men of letters. Her salons also would often meet with the inclusion of a dinner. She did this because she wanted conversation and exchange of intellectual activity. These inventions really impacted society during her time

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