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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by British philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century who ...
Wollstonecraft was prompted to write the Rights of Woman by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's 1791 report to the French National Assembly which stated that women should only receive a domestic education; she used her commentary on this specific event to launch a broad attack against sexual double standards and to indict men for ...
Mary Wollstonecraft (UK: / ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r ɑː f t / WUUL-stən-krahft, US: /-k r æ f t /-kraft; [1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights.
January – Publication of Wollstonecraft's treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Johnson [10] February – Wollstonecraft meets Talleyrand, to whom she dedicated the Rights of Woman [10] Wollstonecraft falls in love with Henry Fuseli [15] Wollstonecraft, Fuseli, and his wife come to an emotional crisis [10]
First edition title page. Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1798) is William Godwin's biography of his late wife Mary Wollstonecraft.Rarely published in the nineteenth century and sparingly even today, Memoirs is most often viewed as a source for information on Wollstonecraft.
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
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