Mary Wollstonecraft
About Mary Wollstonecraft
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she is one of many courageous women to fight for women's equal rights.
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she is the most known earliest feminists during the eighteenth century.
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she wrote a book called "A Vindication of Women's Rights".
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the book attacks stereotypes that politicians and writers have said in the past.
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she wanted women and men to have equal education and for women to get involved in politics.
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she believed that women who would work at home and take care of their husbands were considered "slaves".
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she said that women are human beings and deserve the same education and rights as men do.
Famous Quotes
“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men, but over themselves.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft