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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Description for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Paperback. Argues for the education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. This work made the first ripples of what would later become the tidal wave of the women's rights movement. Rationalist but revolutionary, it changed the world for women. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 68.
Discover Wollstonecraft’s classic feminist text in an abridged, digestible form.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMS
The term feminism did not yet exist when Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book, but it was the first great piece of feminist writing. In these pages you will find the essence of her argument – for the education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Her work made the first ripples of what would later become the tidal wave of the women’s rights movement. Rationalist but revolutionary, Wollstonecraft changed the world for women.
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784870393
SKU
V9781784870393
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99-99
About Mary Wollstonecraft
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 ... Read more
Reviews for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
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 ... Read more
Guardian
The first pebble in the later avalanche of the women's rights movement
Melvyn Bragg
Guardian
The first great piece of feminist ... Read more