Publisher's Synopsis
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman written by womens writer and British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792 is one of the first works of feminist theory. Views of Politics & Social Sciences in 1792 concerning women and education were rudimentary. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft responds to educational and political theorists who did not believe women should have an education. Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women ought to have an eduction commensurate with their position in society. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is used in many educational settings as a textbook for social sciences, gender studies, women's studies, feminist theory, and politics & social sciences. Mary Wollstonecraft, a pioneer of feminist philosophy is one of the first women's writers to maintain that women are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men.
