Ahead of her time: a sampler of the life and thought of Mary Wollstonecraft

Over two hundred years ago in England, this extraordinary young woman described herself as "the first of a new genus" - an unmarried female who supported herself by her own mental labors as writer, reviewer, and translator

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1. Verfasser: Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759-1797 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Larchmont, NY Bernel Books 1995
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Zusammenfassung:Over two hundred years ago in England, this extraordinary young woman described herself as "the first of a new genus" - an unmarried female who supported herself by her own mental labors as writer, reviewer, and translator
In 1792, she created a furor with A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, her impassioned plea for the liberation of her half of the human race. Nevertheless, in the repressive political climate of the period, the book was virtually buried along with its author, who died tragically five years later at the age of thirty-eight
Today, however, Mary Wollstonecraft is universally acknowledged as the pioneer advocate of women's rights. But she was more than that. Her genius and breadth of vision enabled her to relate the status of women to human rights in general, to education, and to social justice
Beschreibung:XIV, 117 S. Ill.
ISBN:0964188732

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