Anyone interested in the history of the women's rights movement will welcome this inexpensive edition of one of the landmark documents in the struggle for human dignity, freedom and equality. Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 in response to 18 th Century educational and political theorists. No narrow-minded zealot, Wollstonecraft balanced passionate advocacy with a sympathetic warmth - a characteristic that helped her ideas achieve widespread influence. I have turned over various books written on the subject of education, and patiently observed the conduct of parents and. Today, it is considered the first great manifesto of women's rights, arguing passionately for the education of women: Tyrants and sensualists are in the right when they endeavor to keep women in the dark, because the former want only slaves, and the later a plaything. She was also an esteemed member of the radical intellectual circle that included William Godwin (father of her daughter, novelist Mary Godwin Shelley, and later her husband), Thomas Paine, William Blake, Henry Fuseli and others.įirst published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman created a scandal in its day, largely, perhaps, because of the unconventional lifestyle of its creator. Having witnessed firsthand the devastating results of male improvidence, she assumed an independent role early in life, educating herself and eventually earning a living as a governess, teacher and writer. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a childrens book.
In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time. Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century English writer, philosopher, and advocate of womens rights.
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