Wollstonecraft, Mary Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. 1796.
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: 1792.
First edition of this classic work on freedom, equality, and education. "Wollstonecraft's major work caused an outcry
when it was published and is hailed as a cornerstone of feminism... The central theme of the work on women's rights was
that they should be educated to carry a responsibility in society equal to that of men. In disagreement with Rousseau...
Wollstonecraft urged 'rational fellowship instead of slavish obedience'". Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written
in a "plain and direct style, and it was this as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the
outcry that ensued...
she argued for equality of education for both sexes... and co-education. It was a rational plea for a rational basis to the
relation between the sexes... Its chief object was to show that women were not the playthings of men but ought to be
their equal partners, which they could be only if they were educated in the same way". "She was the first woman to
articulate publicly a request for women's suffrage and coequal education... Although Wollstonecraft is best known as a
feminist thinker, her philosophies are not limited to women's issues... Wollstonecraft advocates liberty and equality for all
humanity. Advancing arguments for political rights, she argues for the removal of traditional injustices of rank, property,
class, and gender... The key to freedom lies in the reasoning individual conscience, not in laws or dogma...
Wollstonecraft adamantly asserts that education inculcating reason will eventually emancipate all humankind from all
forms of servitude (political, sexual, religious, or economic)".
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: 1792.
First edition of this classic work on freedom, equality, and education. "Wollstonecraft's major work caused an outcry
when it was published and is hailed as a cornerstone of feminism... The central theme of the work on women's rights was
that they should be educated to carry a responsibility in society equal to that of men. In disagreement with Rousseau...
Wollstonecraft urged 'rational fellowship instead of slavish obedience'". Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written
in a "plain and direct style, and it was this as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the
outcry that ensued...
she argued for equality of education for both sexes... and co-education. It was a rational plea for a rational basis to the
relation between the sexes... Its chief object was to show that women were not the playthings of men but ought to be
their equal partners, which they could be only if they were educated in the same way". "She was the first woman to
articulate publicly a request for women's suffrage and coequal education... Although Wollstonecraft is best known as a
feminist thinker, her philosophies are not limited to women's issues... Wollstonecraft advocates liberty and equality for all
humanity. Advancing arguments for political rights, she argues for the removal of traditional injustices of rank, property,
class, and gender... The key to freedom lies in the reasoning individual conscience, not in laws or dogma...
Wollstonecraft adamantly asserts that education inculcating reason will eventually emancipate all humankind from all
forms of servitude (political, sexual, religious, or economic)".
