
During this time Wollstonecraft became active with Dissenters (also known as Nonconformists), liberal Protestants who did not conform to the rules of the Church of England. In Thoughts on the Education of Daughters: With Reflections on Female Conduct, in the More Important Duties of Life (1787), she argued for the importance of educating girls. In 1784 she founded a girls’ school in London, though it closed after several years. Backgroundįor much of her adult life, the self-educated Wollstonecraft was an advocate for social and educational equality for women. The work argues for the empowerment of women in education, politics, society, and marriage. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Ī Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in full A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, trailblazing treatise of feminism (1792) written by British writer and women’s activist Mary Wollstonecraft.

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