Mary Wollstonecraft

What she did

Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792, arguing that women should receive education as rational beings.

Impact and significance

Her argument challenged education designed mainly to make women pleasing to men and became a major reference in later debates about women's rights.

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Works recorded in the archive

• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
• A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)

Sources and access

• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Project Gutenberg edition
• Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. J. Johnson, 1792.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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