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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft (pronounced /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792
28 ratings
§ About Mary Wollstonecraft's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 1
- Published
- 1792
- Average rating
- 3.7 / 5 across 28 ratings
- Genres
- Classics, Feminism, History, Social Science
The book: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
From Goodreads: Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792.
Common questions about Mary Wollstonecraft
- Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
- Mary Wollstonecraft (pronounced /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book.
- What is Mary Wollstonecraft best known for?
- Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792 with 28 ratings and a 3.7 average. It is the most-rated of Mary Wollstonecraft's books on SansFiction.
- What genres does Mary Wollstonecraft write?
- Mary Wollstonecraft's books on SansFiction are tagged Classics, Feminism, History and Social Science.
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