A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago.
Before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived, Wollstonecraft wrote this book, a treatise of proto-feminism that was as powerful and original then as it is now. In it she argues with clarity and originality for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. It was a cry for justice from a woman with no power other than her pen and it put in motion a drive towards greater equality between men and women, a movement which continues to this day.
‘The first great piece of feminist writing’ Independent
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099595823
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 213 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
Mary Wollstonecraft's words ring as true today - and are as little heeded by government - as when she wrote them, 200 years ago, in her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Guardian
The first pebble in the later avalanche of the women's rights movement - Melvyn Bragg, Guardian
A book that was bold in its time and is now considered the notable forerunner of the women's movement - New York Times
The first great piece of feminist writing - Independent
Changed the world for generations of women to come - Sunday Times
This is a clear and articulate essay on the benefits of providing women with the same education and rights as men at a time when such thoughts were unheard of and bordering on blasphemous. Wollstonecraft gives logical... More
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