Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Informationen zum Autor By Mary Wollstonecraft Klappentext The social revolution for women's rights has made great progress in recent years. But how many casual observers - or advocates! for that matter - are aware that the roots of this movement extend deep into Western history? Even before launching the great campaign to attain universal suffrage! strong female voices spoke in favor of the social! political! educational! and economic rights of women. A Vindication of the Rights of Women! published in the late eighteenth century! is truly a classic in this venerable tradition. Railing against the stubborn social forces that confined women to an inferior station in the community! Mary Wollstonecraft declares war on the prevailing attitudes and customs that prevent women from realizing their individual potential. Zusammenfassung Even before launching the campaign to attain universal suffrage! female voices spoke in favour of the social! political! educational! and economic rights of women. This book rails against the social forces that confined women to an inferior station in the community and declares war on the customs that prevent women from realising their potential.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Wollstonecraft
• Assisted by: Robert M. Baird (Editor), Stuart E. Rosenbaum (Editor)
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1989
• EAN: 9780879755256
• ISBN: 978-0-87975-525-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Great Books in Philosophy; Great Books in Philosophy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories