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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 pioneering work in feminist philosophy. The book argues for women's rational capabilities and advocates for their equal education and opportunities. Wollstonecraft challenges societal norms, pushing for a society where women can become independent and fully participating members.
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This groundbreaking work may appeal to you if you're interested in feminist philosophy and the history of women's rights. You might enjoy it for its intelligent arguments advocating for women's education and equality, challenging 18th-century societal norms. It offers a thought-provoking perspective that's still relevant and inspiring today.

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society.

A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was 200 years ago.

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A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago.

Before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived, Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, a treatise of proto-feminism that was as powerful and original then as it is now. In it, she argues with clarity and originality for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society.

It was a cry for justice from a woman with no power other than her pen, and it put in motion a drive towards greater equality between men and women, a movement which continues to this day.

'The first great piece of feminist writing' β€” Independent

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Mary Wollstonecraft's work is celebrated as a foundational text in feminist literature, still resonating powerfully today despite the passage of two centuries. It is described as the start of the women's rights movement and hailed as a groundbreaking piece of feminist writing. The book is lauded for its boldness in its time and its enduring influence on subsequent generations of women.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099595823

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 217g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759 in Spitalfields, London. After an unsettled childhood, she opened a school following which her first work, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, was published in 1787. After a stint as a governess in Ireland, she continued to write and published several other works including Mary (1788), A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and her most famous, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). That year she travelled to Paris where she met Gilbert Imlay, by whom she had a daughter, Fanny. Her travels around Scandinavia with her baby daughter in 1795, inspired her travel book Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. On returning to London Imlay's neglect drove her to two suicide attempts. In 1797 she married William Godwin, and had a daughter, the future Mary Shelley. Wollstonecraft died of septicaemia shortly after the birth.

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