Mary Wollstonecraft (pronounced /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because th...
A Vindication of Rights of Woman
A Vindication of Rights of Woman
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In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft penned a powerful argument for women's equality. This foundational feminist text challenges the notion that women should be merely decorative. Wollstonecraft advocates for equal education and for women to be recognized for their own merits and professions, not just their relationships.
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Vindication of the Rights of WomanUnknown, 2022Ockham PublishingLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781839192142
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