A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
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"A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a feminist essay written in 1792. Wollstonecraft argues that women deserve rational education and fundamental rights equal to men. Responding to eighteenth-century theorists who advocated only domestic education for women, she challenges the view of women as ornaments or property. Instead, she insists women are human beings who should be companions to their husbands and educated contributors to society. This groundbreaking
work attacks double standards and launched debates about women's rights that influenced movements for decades to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 |
|---|---|
| Title |
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman |
| Credits | This etext was produced by Amy E Zelmer, Col Choat, Sue Asscher |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 45.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Subject | Women's rights -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Women -- Education -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Women -- History -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3420 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2002 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4169 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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