Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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From Goodreads: Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

subjects: Women's rights,  Women, education, great britain,  Feminism,  Women,  Education,  History,  Social conditions,  Women's right,  Early works to 1800,  Social and moral questions,  Great Britain,  Droits,  Femmes,  Political rights,  Vindication of the rights of woman (Wollstonecraft, Mary),  Aufsatzsammlung,  Geschichte,  Gleichberechtigung,  Éducation des femmes,  Women, history, modern period, 1600-,  Conditions sociales,  Sociology,  PHILOSOPHY / Political,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory,  Woman,  Rights of women,  Literary criticism,  European,  Women in philosophy,  Women & education,  Women authors - british - literary criticism,  English fiction & prose literature - 18th century - literary criticism,  Feminism - history,  Women's rights--great britain,  Women--education,  Women--education--great britain,  Women--history,  Women--history--19th century,  Hq1596 .w6 1996,  305.4/0941,  Hq1596 .w6 1992

People: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  18th century