WOMEN'S ROLE IN SOCIETY

Mary Wollstonecraft - Women's Role in Society

Mary Wollstonecraft - Women's Role in Society

By the early 19th century, women in the United States and England were awakening to the injustices of political systems that ignored their rights. In 1792, in response to the increased attention to the rights of man in the United States, England, and France, Mary Woll-stonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She introduced the unprecedented idea that women often acted silly and dependent because they were socialized into doing so, not because such behavior was innate. Wollstonecraft suggested that education was the key ...