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Madame Geoffrin by Tiffany Govan

Marie Therese Geoffrin



Marie - Therese Rodet was born in Paris in 1699. She was raised by grandmother who married her off to a 50 year old Peter Francis Geoffrin when Marie - Therese was only 14 years old .She had two chldren.

Women in Paris held meetings called "Salons". This is where writers, painters and other people shared ideas in large drawings. Marie Therese Geoffrin had one of her own .To many her salon was "one of the wonders of the social world"

Her passion was education and her goal was to propagate Enlightenment thought. There was a diversity of intellects drawn to Madame Geoffrin's salons. She established a serious purpose for the gatherings, and her guests noted her skill in drawing worldly and erudite minds to her salons. She was described with "integrity, distaste for conflict, and incomparable brilliance in navigating thorny subjects". On Mondays, artists and sculptors including Carle Van Loo, François Boucher, and Étienne Maurice Falconet went to the salons. On Wednesdays men of letters, including Denis Diderot, the art critic and editor of the Encyclopedia, and the editor Friedrich Melchior von Grimm were frequently in attendance. Today Marie Therese Rodet Geoffrin is known as a French Enlightenment salonnière, hosting intellectual conversations for important philosophes. She helped to govern the French Enlightenment.Her motto was "to give and to pardon."

notebook activity : Acrostic poem

directions : When you make an acrostic poem you should use her whole last name ( Geoffrin ). For every letter of her name you should a complete sentence. No lines should be repeating even if the letter is the same. The lines do not have to rhyme.

ex. F riends who do stuff together U is for you and me N ever get bored

HERO

Madame Geoffrin is there winner of the french women of the year award !was an amazing person .She was nice enough to open up her house to anyone that was willing to go .She inspired intellectual risks and helped to govern the civilizing discourse of the French Enlightenment.She grew upwith out her mom and dad and still had the courage to make risks .She had the passion to learn and she was a very smart women .She worked with the king Sweden and Catherine the Great of Russia. She helped run the french government .It would not have been as good as it was if it wasnt for her.

WANTED

Please someone plese help me find this crazy philosopher. She is holding these psycho meetings and inviting poeple into her home. She cam up with all these crazy ideas. And have the king of Swedan come bad ideas as well. If anyone believes her idea they will be tortured and put to death. There is a 500,00 $ reward for her dead or alive.

Dead or Alive