Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication Of The Rights Of Women

There have been copious amounts of instances in history where women were treated terribly, and we have come a long way in women's rights and activism. It is important though, to still look back on the history of woman long ago to understand where we have to go in order to obtain all women deserve in life. Historically, women are given less opportunity than men and are more often seen as expendable, which has caused unrest in women to fight for their rights. One of history's most renowned feminist activists is Mary Wollstonecraft, who is known for her book “Vindication of the Rights of Women,” in 1792. Mary, after moving to Newington Green, outside of Act, began her new found way of thinking about activism, women, society, and education. Mary's ideals were strongly influenced by Dissenters and their views on education after meeting Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who she later approached in her book “Vindication of the Rights of Women”.

Because of this book Mary is considered by most to be the founder of modern feminism. Her book was revolutionary at the time discussing the rights of women and argues that men and women should have equal rights, a topic still being discussed in modern society. I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex. Mary wrote this trying to get her point across that women were not fragile flowers that need to be worried about. Instead they are strong willed, strong minded, and