Kammala wannan magana: Charlotte Paulsen sau da yawa ta tattauna batutuwan da suka shafi su duka tare da sabon surukinta. Shugabannin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya wadanda suka tilasta komawa ga tsohuwar tsarin su a Vienna a 1814 da 1815 ba su iya binne ra'ayoyin wayewar kai da hankali da sojojin juyin juya halin Faransa da gwanin gudanarwa na Napoleon suka yada a duk fadin Turai a cikin shekaru 25 da suka gabata. Shekaru 1830 na iya zama shekarun Biedermeier, amma wannan ma shekaru goma ne na "Vormärz".
Canjin mulki a Paris a 1830 ya biyo bayan zanga-zangar zanga-zanga a duk fadin Jamus. Julius Lorentzen ya sa Charlotte Paulsen ya sami sabon sani game da tunani da ra'ayoyin dimokiradiyya. Tattaunawarsu ta shafi tauhidin, falsafar da ci gaban zamani. Amma sai Lorentzen ya mutu da ƙuruciya, a shekara ta 1837. Christian da Charlotte Paulsen yanzu sun ɗauki 'yar, Marie Paulsen, kuma Charlotte ta shiga cikin ilimin' yarta ta biyu tare da tsananin da ta yi amfani da ita ga ilimin Elisabeth. A waje da gidan, mata masu ra'ayin siyasa suna shiga cikin zanga-zangar jama'a da shirye-shiryen gyare-gyare na 'yanci wanda ke fitowa yanzu, tare da buƙatar haƙƙin dimokiradiyya ga' yan ƙasa, gami da mata. Elisabeth Paulsen kuma ta ji matsi cewa ita ma ya kamata ta "ƙara yin aiki". Daga baya ta yanke shawarar kafa "Weiblichen Verein für Armen- und Krankenpflege" ("Kungiyar Mata don Kula da Matalauta da Marasa Lafiya") wanda Amalie Sieveking mai karfin gaske ya kafa a Hamburg a 1832, a matsayin martani ga annobar cutar kwalara a wannan shekarar. Koyaya, Sieveking ya ƙi hanyoyinta, yana ganin Paulsen ya fi "mai tunani kyauta". Ya yi fushi tare da Sieveking cewa ko da yake burin Paulsen ya kasance mai daraja, ɗan adam da kuma hankali, ba su zama kamar Krista ba.