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Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

Mary WollstonecraftNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1792

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Essay Topics

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Throughout the text, Wollstonecraft refers repeatedly to “tyranny,” identifying it as one of society’s evils. In what ways does the concept of tyranny relate to the plight of women? How does Wollstonecraft see tyranny either contributing to or inhibiting women’s rights?

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The book’s central concern is the hierarchy that exists between men and women, and the oppression of women by men. What other hierarchies does Wollstonecraft refer to in the text, and why does she include them?

3.

What role does Wollstonecraft see women playing in their own oppression? How does she suggest they might change the role that they play?

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