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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft, Mary

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th

General ParentingGeneral Political ScienceWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1108018858
ISBN13: 9781108018852
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 28 2010
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.33
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792. It was written in reaction to Rousseau's Emile (1762), which argued that the purpose of a girl's education was to make her useful to a man. Wollstonecraft offered a defence of woman's ability to reason, given appropriate education. She argued that the limited education given to women made them docile and empty-headed playthings whose supposed fragility and coquetry were constructions that damaged not only the individual but society as a whole. Her radical prescription was for girls to be educated alongside boys and to the same standard, so that they were not left dependent on marriage for financial security. The independence of mind displayed in this polemic has ensured its place as a foundational work in the canon of feminist thought. For more information on this author, see http: //orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=wollma

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