A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
ISBN: 9780141441252
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 21mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
One of the strongest and earliest arguments for the importance of female equality
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. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation- an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.
ISBN: 9780141441252
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2004
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 21mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
One of the strongest and earliest arguments for the importance of female equality
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. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation- an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.
