A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
By Mary Wollstonecraft
Length9h 41m
About this audiobook
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is the explosive founding text of modern feminism. In an era that dismissed women as merely beautiful ornaments for the pleasure of men, Mary Wollstonecraft launched a furious and brilliant assault on the very pillars of a patriarchal society.
With fierce logic and passion, she dismantled the argument that women do not require a rational education. She famously condemned marriage based on economic security as "legal prostitution," arguing that such a system deliberately keeps women in a state of "slavish dependence." Wollstonecraft insists that women are not naturally inferior or frivolous; they are made so by a false system that values their beauty over their minds.
Her revolutionary solution is a call for national co-education, to transform women from mere wives into the intellectual equals and true "companions" of men. More than two centuries later, this work remains a blistering and essential call to arms—a courageous affirmation of a woman's inalienable right to reason, to independence, and to determine her own destiny.
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GenrePsychology, Literary Classics, Philosophy
Length9 hrs 41 mins
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LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
9CHAPTER 7.
2INTRODUCTION.
10CHAPTER 8.
3CHAPTER 1.
11CHAPTER 9.
4CHAPTER 2.
12CHAPTER 10.
5CHAPTER 3.
13CHAPTER 11.
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6CHAPTER 4.
14CHAPTER 12.
7CHAPTER 5.
15CHAPTER 13.
8CHAPTER 6.
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