A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam Brody, Miriam Brody

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Penguin Classics
19 November 2004

One of the strongest and earliest arguments for the importance of female equality

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation- an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

By: Mary Wollstonecraft
Introduction by: Miriam Brody
Edited by: Miriam Brody
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9780141441252
ISBN 10: 0141441259
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 19 November 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 97) was an educationalist and feminist writer. Part of the radical set that included Blake and Fuseli, her relationship with William Godwin and the birth of their child - Mary Shelley - outside of marraige caused great scandal after her death. Miriam Brody is a professor in the Writing Program at Ithaca College, New York. Her most recent writing on Mary Wollstonecraft appears in Feminist Interpretations of Mary Wollstonecraft (1996).

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