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The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines a woman as, “An adult female human being.” Within the past 200 years, the role of a woman within and without the family atmosphere has changed quite a bit. The female gender has become a much bigger contributor to economy. Why might this be? At the very beginning of the Industrial revolution, many men throughout the nation and in Europe arguably more than anywhere else lost their jobs due to modern inventions and innovations. This meant they had to go back to their families and tell them they were out of an income. With this statement came also the silent plea of help and destitute in finding money for the household. More often than not in this situation, the wife or woman in the family would end up having to take up some sort of work as a way to feed the children the family had. This started to diminish the motherly figure of the household because oftentimes she was absent from the picture, just as the father is/was. Donnaway states, “By the early 1800s women were ready to branch out from their families and make an impression on the world.” Two females at this time, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft both had a very different view of how woman ought to be than the rest of society. Between the two, “On Making an Agreeable Marriage”, by Jane Austen, and “from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, by Wollstonecraft, the latter has a more radical view of women for the following reasons: 1) Austen’s piece was not a work aimed toward the public, but rather a private letter 2) Wollstonecraft points out clearly the wrongs of both men and women 3) Wollstonecraft explains from what and to what women need to transition.
To begin, Jane Austen’s piece was not a publicly aimed, whereas Mary’s was...

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...es. These two women were both amazing and had great influence on the course of what could be considered the earliest evidence of women’s rights movements.

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• Donnaway, Laura. "Women's Rights Before the Civil War." Women's Rights Before the Civil War. Loyola University, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
• Fortin, Elaine. "Early Nineteenth Century Attitudes Toward Women and Their Roles as Represented By Literature Popular in Worcester, Massachusetts." Teach US History. Teach Us History, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
• McRae, Rod, Dr. "Notes on Mary Wollstonecraft." Notes on Mary Wollstonecraft. West Georgia University, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
• Warren, Karren J., Dr. "Wollstonecraft's Arguments by Work." Wollstonecraft's Arguments by Work. Macalester College, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
• Webster, Marriam. "Woman." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

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