A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Автор:
Mary WollstonecraftЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2024-11-12Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
85
Description
Written in the midst of the French Revolution and the British pamphlet war surrounding it, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman as an answer to a report by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, to whom her essay is dedicated. Talleyrand had reported to the French National Assembly on the topic of public education, and noted that women needed only enough education to suit them for the “paternal home.”
Wollstonecraft objected to this recommendation and, in this book, argues for the equal treatment of women in society, while still highlighting the differences between the sexes. Her argument touches on many topics, focusing extensively on...
