Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft, in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’, says that austere education of women is required to adopt a righteous and virtuous character. She asks the following questions about those who try to belittle women saying that it will keep them obtuse; ‘And how can a women be expected to work together unless...

Writing at a time the French Revolution was shaking France and Europe in general; Mary Wollstonecraft borrowed the ideals of this revolution and incorporated it in the struggle for the advancement of the role and position of women in the society. At the time of its publication in 1792, the reception of the book A...

Through history we learn about great heroes or an enlightenment figure of a certain time. I have chosen an enlightenment figure from 1759- 1797. Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist writer and a very intellectual woman. She has an impact on women and this is why I have chosen her. Now to jump back to where...