{"product_id":"a-vindication-of-the-rights-mary-wollstonecraft-9780008663940","title":"A Vindication of the Rights of Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of revolution, when fundamental social upheaval was reshaping France and America, writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft made an impassioned argument for women to have a place in this new world. Her demands laid out in this 1792 essay, to treat women as human beings deserving of a rational education, self-determination and equal rights alongside men, laid the foundation for modern feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWollstonecraft has been admired and loathed: called a 'hyena in petticoats' by Horace Walpole and an inspiration to writers and feminists such as George Eliot and Millicent Fawcett. \u003cem\u003eA Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is a key text to understand the making of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Wollstonecraft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008663947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780008663940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.38w x 0.94d","brand":"Mary Wollstonecraft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974485430527,"sku":"9780008663940","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4cd79395-cf66-46b2-af56-b1fa6c611d67.jpg?v=1750875170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-vindication-of-the-rights-mary-wollstonecraft-9780008663940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}