Dear Customer, we will be closed for the holidays from December 25th until January 2nd. Make sure to place your orders before December 18th!

My Cart

loader
Loading...

Penguin Great Ideas: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft


  • Penguin UK - Great Ideas Series
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.

ISBN 9780141018911 | E | PB
€11,95
available
Quantity
More Information
Publisher Penguin UK - Great Ideas Series
ISBN 9780141018911
Publication date December 2016
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 181 x 111 mm
Pages 104
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Description

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.