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Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of... Read Full Overview

Mary Wollstonecraft's visionary treatise, originally published in 1792, was the first book to present women's rights as an issue of universal human rights. Ideal for coursework and classroom study, this comprehensive edition of Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking feminist argument... Read Full Overview

The text of the work remains that of Wollstonecraft's second edition of 1792, for scholarship has vindicated that choice. The annotations have been greatly expanded.

Backgrounds documents more fully the early concern for women's education, with important extracts from... Read Full Overview

Considered a heroine of feminism, Wollstonecraft argues that women, rather than cultivating power from sexual allure, should be honest, intelligent, and independent. Her views about how women's innate worth is denigrated by improper definitions of the feminine in novels, advice... Read Full Overview

Presented here in a stunning hardcover edition with an introduction by Barbara Taylor, this first great manifesto of women's rights, published in 1792 and an immediate best seller, made Mary Wollstonecraft the toast of radical circles and the target of reactionary ones.

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Vindicaci?n de los derechos de la mujer, constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales de la teor?a feminista contempor?nea. Sus siguen todav?a vigentes en lo que sigue siendo una asignatura pendiente de la humanidad.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Woman written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft,... Read Full Overview

The First Edition of this Norton Critical Edition was both an acclaimed classroom text and ahead of its time. This Second Edition offers the best in Wollstonecraft scholarship and criticism since 1976, providing the ideal means for studying the first feminist document written... Read Full Overview

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on 27th April 1759 in Spitalfields, London. Although her family had a comfortable income much was squandered by her father leading the family to become financially diminished. Wollstonecraft struck out on her own in 1778 and accepted a job as a lady's... Read Full Overview

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering... Read Full Overview

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