Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.

About Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) first achieved fame for her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she extended the radical idea of the "rights of man" to women and laid the groundwork for modern feminism.

Additional information

Sku

GOR002015983

ISBN 13

9780393311693

ISBN 10

0393311694

Title

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Year published

1994-10-12

Number of pages

160

Prizes

N/A

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Note

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