A Vindication of the Rights of Woman An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Criticism

Norton. Very Good. 1976. Paperback. 0393092135 . Trade Paperback in Very Good condition with a solid binding and a clean & unmarked text. Wear to the covers with corner bumping, scuffing and edgewear. Small stain on the front cover. "Mary Wollstonecraft wrote 'A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women' in 1792, partly in response to the French 'Rights of Man' and their 'progressive' suggestion that women should be educated - but only until the age of eight. She makes an impassioned pleas for equality on the basis three main points: women are born with the same capacity for reason and self-government as men; virtue should have equal definitions between both sexes; and gender relations must be based on equality. The sexes are essentially similar and their relatives roles merely social constructs. Her thesis raised a storm of protest at the time, and she has come to be seen as one of the founders of modern Feminism." ; A Norton Critical Edition; 8.10 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 240 pages .