| A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Contributor(s): Wollstonecraft, Mary (Author), Pollitt, Katha (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375757228 ISBN-13: 9780375757228 Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch) OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: First published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was an instant success, turning its thirty-three-year-old author into a minor celebrity. A pioneering work of early feminism that extends to women the Enlightenment principle of "the rights of man," its argument remains as relevant today as it was for Woll-stonecraft's contemporaries. "Mary Wollstonecraft was not the first writer to call for women to receive a real, challenging education," writes Katha Pollitt in the new Introduction. "But she was the first to connect the education of women to the transformation of women's social position, of relations between the sexes, and even of society itself. She was the first to argue that women's intellectual equality would and should have actual consequences. The winds of change sweep through her pages." This classic work of early feminism remains as relevant and passionate today as it was for Wollstonecraft's contemporaries. This edition includes new explanatory notes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Women In Politics |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 00068095 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.22" W x 7.95" (0.49 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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| Quiz #: 50668 Reading Level: 15.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was an instant success, turning its thirty-three-year-old author into a minor celebrity. A pioneering work of early feminism that extends to women the Enlightenment principle of the rights of man, its argument remains as relevant today as it was for Woll-stonecraft's contemporaries. Mary Wollstonecraft was not the first writer to call for women to receive a real, challenging education, writes Katha Pollitt in the new Introduction. But she was the first to connect the education of women to the transformation of women's social position, of relations between the sexes, and even of society itself. She was the first to argue that women's intellectual equality would and should have actual consequences. The winds of change sweep through her pages. This classic work of early feminism remains as relevant and passionate today as it was for Wollstonecraft's contemporaries. This edition includes new explanatory notes. |