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A Vindication of the Rights of Women
By Mary Wollstonecraft
Length9h 19m
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"A Vindication of the Rights of Women" is a book-length feminist essay by British writer Mary Wollstonecraft, published in 1792. The essay called for female equality, particularly in the area of education. Wollstonecraft dismissed the cultivation of traditional female virtues of submission and service and argued that women could not be good mothers, good wives and good household managers if they were not well-educated. She claimed that women were expected to spend too much time on maintaining their delicate appearance and gentle demeanor, sacrificing intelligence for beauty and becoming flower-like playthings for men.
The book is divided into thirteen chapters, in which Wollstonecraft addressed topics such as the importance of educating women equally, treating women with dignity and providing women with the proper training to be good wives and mothers and intelligent companions for their husbands.
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GenrePsychology, History, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs 19 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Letter To M. Talleyrand Perigord, Late Bishop Of Autun
2Introduction
3Chapter 1. The Rights And Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered
4Chapter 2. The Prevailing Opinion Of A Sexual Character Discussed
5Chapter 3. The Same Subject Continued
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6Chapter 4. Observations On The State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes
7Chapter 5. Animadversions On Some Of The Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt
8Chapter 6. The Effect Which An Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon The Character
9Chapter 7. Modesty Comprehensively Considered And Not As A Sexual Virtue
10Chapter 8. Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of The Importance Of A Good Reputation
11Chapter 9. Of The Pernicious Effects Which Arise From The Unnatural Distinctions Established In Society
12Chapter 10. Parental Affection
13Chapter 11. Duty To Parents
14Chapter 12. On National Education
15Chapter 13. Some Instances Of The Folly Which The Ignorance Of Women Generates...
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