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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Hero Classics)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Hero Classics) is one of the first works published on feminist philosophy. In response to the theorists of the time who argued that education was not a place for women, Wollstonecraft rebukes such oppressive stances. She champions the idea...
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Hero Classics) is one of the first works published on feminist philosophy. In response to the theorists of the time who argued that education was not a place for women, Wollstonecraft rebukes such oppressive stances. She champions the idea of empowering women in education, politics, and society, rather than merely serving as decorative additions to their husbands.
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ISBN: 9781917163880
Publisher: Legend Press Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hero
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Mary Wollstonecraft was born in 1759 in Spitalfields, London. She is the author of several feminist literature such as Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787), Mary (1788), and her most famous, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Wollstonecraft gave birth to two daughters, Fanny Imlay and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein).
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