In this thesis, I focused on the separation of the private and public spheres in the 19th century. The concept of the public as a space where different opinions that contribute to the co-creation of reality are exchanged was formed at the same time as the birth of the modern state in 1789. The French Revolution laid the foundations of a new order, but unfortunately women were excluded fromit. During the 19th century, within the ideology of the dichotomous division between the public and the private, women, were assigned to exist within the private sphere, within the space of home and family. This division affected women's everyday lives and gender relations in society. It was at the time of the Revolution thet their voices were already raised and demanded attention, and they have not diminished in the century after. These voices demanded the right to education, participation and a fairer status in society. In this thesis, I tried to draw attention to all these »forgotten« voices and the struggle of many women in public life in the 19th century, both in the wider European context and within the context of Slovenian area. The thesis attempst to determine whether it is possible to draw a clear line between the private and the public space and to what extent women accepted the social norms that emerged from this ideology od seperate spheres.
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