A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) by Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft's visionary treatise, originally published in 1792, was the first book to present women's rights as an issue of universal human rights. Ideal for coursework and classroom study, this comprehensive edition of Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking feminist argument includes illuminating essays by leading scholars that highlight the author's significant contributions to modern political philosophy, making a powerful case for her as one of the most substantive political thinkers of the Enlightenment era. No other scholarly work to date has examined as closely both the ideological moorings and the enduring legacy of Wollstonecraft's courageous discourse.
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 *
The first great piece of feminist writing * Independent *
Changed the world for generations of women to come * Sunday Times *
A book that was bold in its time and is now considered the notable forerunner of the women's movement * New York Times *
The first pebble in the later avalanche of the women's rights movement -- Melvyn Bragg * Guardian *
The first great piece of feminist writing * Independent *
Changed the world for generations of women to come * Sunday Times *
A book that was bold in its time and is now considered the notable forerunner of the women's movement * New York Times *
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 governess in Ireland, she continued to write and published several other works including Mary (1788), A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and her most famous, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). That year she travelled to Paris where she met Gilbert Imlay, by whom she had a daughter, Fanny. Her travels around Scandinavia with her baby daughter in 1795, inspired her travel book Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, but on returning to London Imlay’s neglect drove her to two suicide attempts. In 1797 she married William Godwin, and had a daughter, the future Mary Shelley. Wollstonecraft died of septicaemia shortly after the birth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784870393 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784870390 |
| Title | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Series | Vintage Feminism Short Editions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-03-05 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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