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	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Written in 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the earliest works on "the woman question" and influenced the earliest feminists in England and America in the 19th century, primarily in their distancing themselves from the work due to the controversial life of its author.
		Wollstonecraft's argument in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was that boys and girls should be educated equally while in Émile the education of boys and girls is not equal.
		Shortly after publication, an anonymous parody appeared entitled "A Vindication of the Rights of Beasts," in which the author (now known to be Cambridge Philosopher Thomas Taylor) applied all of Wollstonecraft's arguments to the rights of animals, showing that the same justifications that kept women subservient, could also be applied to animals.
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	Chap. II. Wollstonecraft, Mary. 1792. The Rights of Woman
		Rousseau declares that a woman should never, for a moment, feel herself independent, that she should be governed by fear to exercise her natural cunning, and made a coquetish slave in order to render her a more alluring object of desire, a sweeter companion to man, whenever he chooses to relax himself.
		He carries the arguments, which he pretends to draw from the indications of nature, still further, and insinuates that truth and fortitude, the corner stones of all human virtue, should be cultivated with certain restrictions, because, with respect to the female character, obedience is the grand lesson which ought to be impressed with unrelenting rigour.
		The woman who has only been taught to please will soon find that her charms are oblique sunbeams, and that they cannot have much effect on her husband's heart when they are seen every day, when the summer is passed and gone.
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	Wollstonecraft, Mary. 1792. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
		It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion, that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness.
		Published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great feminist treatise.
		Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes
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	Feminism and Women's Studies: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
		Rousseau declares that a woman should never for a moment feel herself independent, that she should be governed by fear to exercise her natural cunning, and made a coquettish slave in order to render her a more alluring object of desire, a sweeter companion to man, whenever he chooses to relax himself.
		But when forbearance confounds right and wrong, it ceases to be a virtue; and, however convenient it may be found in a companion--that companion will ever be considered as an inferior, and only inspire a vapid tenderness, which easily degenerates into contempt.
		A woman who is naturally weak, and does not carry her ideas to any great extent, knows how to judge and make a proper estimate of those movements which she sets to work, in order to aid her weakness; and these movements are the passions of men.
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	A vindication of the rights of woman / by Mary Wollstonecraft
		A vindication of the rights of woman / by Mary Wollstonecraft
		Chapter 1 The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered.
		Chapter 4 Observations on the State of Degradation to Which Woman Is Reduced by Various Causes.
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	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
		Or, they [4] kindly restore the rib, and make one moral being of a man and woman; not forgetting to give her all the "submissive charms." How women are to exist in that state where there is neither to be marrying nor giving in marriage, we are not told.
		But dismissing these fanciful theories, and considering woman as a whole, let it be what it will, instead of a part of man, the inquiry is whether she have reason or not.
		I shall not go back to the remote annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman; it is sufficient to allow that she has always been either a slave or a despot, and to remark that each of these situations equally retards the progress of reason.
	oregonstate.edu /instruct/phl302/texts/wollstonecraft/woman-a.html (15640 words)

	Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraftecraft
		Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraftecraft
		If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman- prescription.
		In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be useful.
	www.4literature.net /Mary_Wollstonecraftecraft/Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman (499 words)

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		He carries the arguments, which he pretends to draw from the indications of nature, still further, and insinuates that truth and fortitude the corner stones of all human virtue, shall be cultivated with certain restrictions, because with respect to the female character, obedience is the grand lesson which ought to be impressed with unrelenting rigour.
		The woman who has only been taught to please, will soon find that her charms are oblique sun-beams, and that they cannot have much effect on her husband's heart when they are seen every day, when the summer is past and gone.
		But when forbearance confounds right and wrong, it ceases to be a virtue; and, however convenient it may be found in a companion, that companion will ever be considered as an inferior, and only inspire a vapid tenderness, which easily degenerates into contempt.
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	GradeSaver: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Essay: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
		GradeSaver: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Essay: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
		Mary Wollstonecraft, "pioneer of feminist thought" (Jane Moore, 1999) in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first to bring the subordinate attitude that society had towards women into the open, arguing that women were men's intellectual equals and therefore affirming a woman's right to a full education.
		Essays on A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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	Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hence the major pitch of her appeal for the rights of women might be seen, to put it simply, as a call to extend to women the same educational opportunities as those extended to men.
		In giving this responsibility to the woman and insisting that she be educated properly for the responsibility, Rousseau is clearly of the view that a suitable emotional and sexual life must be maintained if the family is to function properly.
		In her definition of what matters most in the middle-class woman's life there is a repeated and explicit denial of the importance of sexuality.
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	Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
		will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.
		(¶1.16) Rousseau exerts himself to prove that all was right originally: a crowd of authors that all is now right: and I, that all will be right.
		Rousseau exerts himself to prove that all was right originally: a crowd of authors that all is now right: and I, that all will be right.
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	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Preface
		A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Preface
		The authoress of the "Rights of Woman," was born April 1759, died September 1797.
		If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman, prescription.
	www.marxists.org /reference/archive/wollstonecraft-mary/1792/vindication-rights-woman/preface.htm (2089 words)

	The Rights of Woman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It appears to me necessary to dwell on these obvious truths, because females have been insulated, as it were; and, while they have been stripped of the virtues that should clothe humanity, they have been decked with artificial graces that enable them to exercise a short-lived tyranny.
		Brutal force has hereto governed the world, and that the science of politics is in its infancy, is evident from philosophers scrupling to give the knowledge most useful to man that determinate distinction.
		In addition to A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), Mary Wollstonecraft wrote Thoughts on the Education of Girls (1786) and A Vindication of the Rights of Man (1790).
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	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft - Penguin Group (USA)
		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 docile, decorative femininity and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and the call for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner.
		Mary Wollstonecraft’s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage—Walpole called her “a hyena in petticoats”—yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.
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	Vindication of the Rights of Woman -- Dedication -- Frame 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The father of a family will not then weaken his constitution and debase his sentiments, by visiting the harlot, nor forget, in obeying the call of appetite, the purpose for which it was implanted.
		And, the mother will not neglect her children to practise the arts of coquetry, when sense and modesty secure her the friendship of her husband.
		I wish, Sir, to set some investigations of this kind afloat in France; and should they lead to a confirmation of my principles, when your constitution is revised the Rights of Woman may be respected, if it be fully proved that reason calls for this respect, and
	www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Wollston/vindded7.html (127 words)

	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Timeline Index
		A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Timeline Index
		It is, however a slow read as the language is couched in the vocabulary of the late eighteenth century and many of the terms are unfamiliar.
		Wollstonecraft's lasting place in the history of philosophy rests upon A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
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	Vindication of the Rights of Woman
		If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.
		It is time to effect a revolution in female manners--time to restore to them their lost dignity--and make them, as a part of the human species, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world.
		Asserting the rights which women in common with men ought to contend for, I have not attempted to extenuate their faults; but to prove them to be the natural consequence of their education and station in society.
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	Books : A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Dover Thrift Editions)
		It is interesting to teach this book and track how students respond to this book, and how differently male and female students respond to the issues Wollstonecraft raises and discusses.
		Mary Wollstonecraft proves herself to be an extremely wise, intelligent and insightful woman.
		Although the position of woman in the society do not correspond exactly to the one described by Wollstonecraft, there are definitely twentieth century contemporaries to the methods used to subjugate woman 200 years ago.
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	Suffragettes and Women's Rights by Sanderson Beck
		A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was dedicated to the French diplomat Talleyrand with the request that he consider including women in the rights of citizens to national education.
		She hoped that through rational education a woman would be contented to love once and after marriage let passion calmly subside into friendship built on pure affections that would not disturb the sober duties of life.
		Sarah believed that men and women were created equal and argued that whatever it is morally right for a man to do is right for a woman; but she has surrendered her rights and accepted the privileges given her by men.
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	Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Man and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints - Cambridge ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Man and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints - Cambridge University Press
		Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Man and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints
		Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Man and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints (Paperback)
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	Contents of the Vindication of the Rights of Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Contents of the Vindication of the Rights of Women
		Observation on the state of degredation to which woman is reduced by various causes
		Some instances of the folly which the ignorance of women generates; with concluding reflections on the moral improvement that a revolution in female manners might naturally be expected to produce
	oregonstate.edu /instruct/phl302/texts/wollstonecraft/woman-contents.html (130 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Wollstonecraft, Vindication
		What does history disclose but marks of inferiority, and how few women have emancipated themselves from the galling yoke of sovereign man? So few that the exceptions remind me of an ingenious conjecture respecting Newton-that he was probably a being of superior order accidentally caged in a human body.
		Nor can it be expected that and woman will resolutely endeavour to strengthen her constitution and abstain from enervating indulgences, if artificial notions of beauty, and false descriptions of sensibility, have been early entangled with her motives of action.
		CHAPTER IV That woman is naturally weak, or degraded by a concurrence of circumstances, is, I think, clear.
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	Mary Wollstonecraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wollstonecraft was a progressive thinker and an outspoken advocate of the equality of the sexes.
		During this time she also wrote children's stories, a novel and some translations, and in 1792 Johnson published her now famous Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
		The copy exhibited is the second American edition, published in the same year as Johnson's London edition and the first American edition, which was printed in Philadelphia by William Gibbons.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/history/wollston.html (205 words)

	Wollstoncraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman - August 28, 2000
		Wollstoncraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman - August 28, 2000
		-Mary Wollstoncraft (1759-1797), A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1929)
		A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is available online at Amazon.com
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	Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Man and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Hints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mary Wollstonecraft, often described as the first major feminist, is remembered principally as the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and there has been a tendency to view her most famous work in isolation.
		Yet Wollstonecraft's pronouncements about women grew out of her reflections about men, and her views on the female sex constituted an integral part of a wider moral and political critique of her times which she first fully formulated in A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790).
		Written as a reply to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), this is an important text in its own right as well as a necessary tool for understanding Wollstonecraft's later work.
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