As the globe encountered the revolutionary effects of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the church no longer held the ability to restrict the mind as countless scientific discoveries bewildered society and forced them to overlook the teachings of the church. ... Knowledge became a competitive aspect of the world in which everyone yearned to be a part of. ... Throughout the Enlightenment, this uncontrollable desire to obtain knowledge spread throughout the talented, rich women of France. ...

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