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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by British philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in ...
Wollstonecraft first defended the rights of men in response to Burke’s pamphlet on the French Revolution, then turned to the rights of woman a couple of years later. It is one of the key texts of modern feminist thought.
Jul 15, 2014 · A vindication of the rights of woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Publication date 2006 Topics Women, Women's rights, Women, Women's rights Publisher New York : Penguin Books Collection internetarchivebooks; americana Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 354546415. This ed. originally published: London : Penguin Books, 2004
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, trailblazing treatise of feminism (1792) written by British writer and women’s activist Mary Wollstonecraft. The work argues for the empowerment of women in education, politics, society, and marriage. Background. For much of her adult life, the self-educated Wollstonecraft was an advocate for social and educational equality for women. In 1784 she founded a girls’ school in London, though it closed after several years.
Mary Wollstonecraft writes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in response to French politician Talleyrand-Périgord ’s pamphlet on national education. Her argument is that if women are not “prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue.” Wollstonecraft believes that the neglect of women’s education has caused great misery. Women are taught that romance is the primary goal of their lives, and they are not encouraged to ...
Sep 1, 2002 · A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Credits: This etext was produced by Amy E Zelmer, Col Choat, Sue Asscher 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 ...
The Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft Chapter 5: Writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt53 ... MW had published a defence of the revolution against Burke, entitled A Vindication of the Rights of Men.] To M. Talleyrand-Périgord former Bishop of Autun Sir: Having read with great pleasure a pamphlet on National Education that you recently published, I dedicate this volume
VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN. CHAPTER 1. THE RIGHTS AND INVOLVED DUTIES OF MANKIND CONSIDERED. In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground. To clear my way, I must be allowed to ask some plain questions, and the answers will probably appear as unequivocal as the axioms on which reasoning is built; though, when entangled with various motives of ...
In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft critiques the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau—especially Emile, or On Education (1762), which inspired new educational approaches during the French Revolution—and John Milton, particularly his characterization of the biblical Eve, and hence of women in general, in Paradise Lost (1667). Some of Wollstonecraft’s arguments about the dignity and potential of women were anticipated in the lesser-known treatise, On Whether a Christian ...
Sep 1, 2008 · A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 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: Sound: EBook-No. 26590: Release Date: Sep 1, 2008: Most Recently ...
