On Mary Wollstonecraft's a Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus

by Susan J. Wolfson

Book Overview

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women's equality. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution, her vindication delivered a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Wolfson offers new insight into how Wollstonecraft's particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231206259
• ISBN13: 9780231206259
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"