A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545227459)

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should have an education. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in society, claiming that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children and because they could be "companions" to their husbands, rather than mere wives. Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, Wollstonecraft maintains that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men.

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
ISBN-10: 1545227454
ISBN-13: 9781545227459
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2017
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 15.7
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 50668 / Vindication of the Rights of Woman