GABRIELLE SUCHON
"GABRIELLE SUCHON: MILITANT PHILOSOPHY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE"
Véronique Desnain
Véronique Desnain's Article, "Militant Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century France" examines the works and beliefs of Gabrielle Suchon, specifically regarding her most noteworthy topic, which is women's rights. Desnain examines closely how, throughout her writings and activism, Suchon encouraged woman to fight their oppression. The author makes the argument that Suchon took an aggressive approach to this by encouraging women to break free within their personal lives, leaving behind their systems of oppression and actively seeking out education and skills. Throughout the book, the author makes reference to Gabrielle Suchon as a radical feminist of her time, recognizing that her views were extreme compared to the cultural norm during her life.
"Writing at a time when church and state insist on keeping women under control and strictly subject to male authority, Suchon champions women's right to education, independence and freedom in all aspects of their lives... Her strategy is to give the oppressed a political conscience and to prompt them to action."
Véronique Desnain
"DISAPPEARING INK: EARLY MODERN WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR FATE IN
HISTORY."
Eileen O'Neill
Second, Eileen O'Neill's "Disappearing Ink"Â works to highlight and make sense of the works of several early female philosophers and the relationship between the environments they lived in and the beliefs that they held. O'Neill argues that throughout history, female writers, thinkers, and philosophers have been put down by the hands of misogyny, and are still being silenced today. Throughout her essay, she breaks down the impact that the recurring lack of prominent female voices has had on western philosophy, and works to bring attention to the brilliant feminist philosophers that she argues deserve more recognition. This includes Gabrielle Suchon.
"As cultural critics, feminist theorists have produced powerful challenges: to dominant conceptions of human nature and political affiliation, to norms of scientific, philosophical, and moral reason, to ideals of spirituality, to prevailing disciplinary identities and boundaries, to established historical narratives."
Eileen O'Neill
"FEMINISM AND NATURAL RIGHT IN FRANÇOIS POULAIN DE LA BARRE AND GABRIELLE
SUCHON."
Rebecca Wilkin
Rebecca Wilkin's article "Feminism and Natural Right"Â compares Gabrielle Suchon's ideas with other prominent philosophers such as Hobbes, Locke, Aristotle, and Poulan. Mainly, this work compares and contrasts the philosophers' ideas regarding rights, what they really are, how they can be defined, and the differing views on what should be considered a human right. Wilkin writes about her aim to integrate feminist voices that previously have been silenced into the modern philosophical discussion in order to highlight why these ideas and works are so important to us today.
" ... The remarkable differences in Poulain’s and Suchon’s approaches to natural right confirm that early modern feminist thought remains a rich and underexplored resource in the history of political philosophy."