Rhetorical Analysis Of A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman

Patricia Kisinger

Amy Joy Triola

English Composition II

Final Draft

22 September 2015

Rhetorical Analysis of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is the first exhaustive feminist philosophical treatise. It was published in 1792 during the French Revolution. She believed that women should have equal rights as men. The author, Mary Wollstonecraft, argues that women are not naturally inferior to men but that they have not been given the same opportunities and privileges, like education, that men have. Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist and in her time wrote several pieces for the equality of rights for men and women. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was a philosophical 208 page book in which she passionately expresses the right to educate women. It was written as a response to Jean-Jaques Rousseau's views expressed in Emíle (On Education) in which he argues that women should be educated only to entertain and cater to men. It is also a follow up of a pamphlet she published two years prior, A Vindication of the Rights of a Men. This was a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France in which he critisized the French revolution and aplauded tradition. In her response, she says that our rights cannot be based on old

She doesn't just write from her perspective though. She writes it for all women to have an equal opportunity to educate themselves. She has accomplished a lot in her life despite being a woman and wants others to do the same. She has been previously published and her opinion is valued. Given the time period, it is still thought her opinion was met with complete hostility. Although there was some resistance, overall it was well reviewed and sparked a debate reguarding a womans position within society . There were several British and American editions printed . It was later translated and printed in