Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
English
⏱ 9h 46m
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Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appeared to be because they lacked education. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on reason. - Today, Wollstonecraft is considered a foundational thinker in feminist philosophy. Her early advocacy of women's equality and her attacks on conventional femininity and the degradation of women presaged the later emergence of the feminist political movement. Feminist scholars and activists have cited both her philosophical ideas and personal struggles as important influences in their work. <br><br>
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Chapters
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Brief Sketch of the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (incl. letter)
16m
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Author's Introduction
11m
2
Chapter 1: The Rights and Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered
23m
3
Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion Of a Sexual Character Discussed
52m
4
Chapter 3: The Same Subject Continued
34m
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Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 1
27m
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Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 2
27m
7
Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 3
26m
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 1
42m
9
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 2
23m
10
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 3
15m
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 4
24m
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Chapter 6: The Effect Which an Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon the Character
19m
13
Chapter 7: Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, And Not As a Sexual Virtue
27m
14
Chapter 8: Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of the Importance Of a Good Reputation
31m
15
Chapter 9: Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society
27m
16
Chapter 10: Parental Affection
8m
17
Chapter 11: Duty to Parents
15m
18
Chapter 12: On National Education
1h 14m
19
Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 1
27m
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Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 2
30m