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A Vindication of The Rights of Woman
Sheila Rowbotham
“It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness.”--Mary Wollstonecraft
First written in 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft´s book remains one of the very first works of feminist thought. Groundbreaking in its demands for women´s education although subsequently criticized by some for its ambiguity towards the notion of women´s equality, A Vindication remains one of the most important texts arguing for women´s rights. Renowned feminist writer Sheila Rowbotham puts Wollstonecraft´s life and work in a new light.
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