CHAPTER 9
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97)
INTRODUCTION
Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London, an English writer and philosopher, who advocated for women’s rights. Her writing advances atheism, anarchism, and personal freedom. She was considered as the first feminist writer. Her central idea was that all human beings have God-given abilities and rights and, considered that both men and women share these abilities and rights. According to her feminism is a transformative idea that women are human beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. She was influenced by the ideas of John Locke, Voltaire, and Thomas Paine. She is also known as the ‘Child of the French Revolution’.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION
A vital concern with education, especially ...
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