![]() ![]() ![]() In an age when revolutionary fervour and a new belief in the idea of inalienable rights for all men was beginning to cause turmoil across the West, Mary, after a period as a governess in Ireland, spent several years observing political and social developments in France. Few people have so well combined the two as Mary herself, the presiding matriarch of one of the most remarkable families of free-thinkers the West has ever seen.Ī self-taught London teacher, Mary and her sister Eliza became convinced that the girls they attempted to enlighten were already enslaved by a social training that subordinated them to men. INTRODUCTION TO A Vindication of the Rights of WomanĪt the heart of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman, are the twin virtues of freedom of thought and devotion to family. Wikipedia - Full Text - Print Edition: ISBN 0141441259 "I do not wish them to have power over men but over themselves." Squashed down to read in about 50 minutes ![]() Squashed Philosophers - Wollstonecraft - Rights of Woman ![]()
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