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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Description for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Paperback. A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099595823
SKU
9780099595823
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About Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759 in Spitalfields, London. After an unsettled childhood, she opened a school following which her first work, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, was published in 1787. After a stint as a governess in Ireland, she continued to write and published several other works including Mary (1788), A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) ... Read more
Reviews for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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 ... Read more
Guardian
The first pebble in the later avalanche of the women's rights movement
Melvyn Bragg
Guardian
A book that was bold in ... Read more