AuthorWollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
TitleA Vindication of the rights of woman / Mary Wollstonecraft ; with an introduction by Barbara Tatlor
Imprint London : David Campbell, 1992
Descript lix, 213 p. ; 21 cm

CONTENT

Rights and involved duties of mankind considered -- Prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed -- Same subject continued -- Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes -- Animadversion on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt -- Effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character -- Modesty-comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue -- Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation -- Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinction established in society -- Parental affection -- Duty to parents -- On national education -- Some instances of the folly whic the ignorance of women generates; with concluding reflections on the moral improvement that a revolution in female manners might naturally be expected to produce


SUBJECT

  1. Women's rights -- Great Britain
  2. Women -- Education -- Great Britain

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