After all the pain she went through, she came out stronger and was able to use her experiences to impact, empower, and inspire not just middle class women, but anyone who is in support of equal rights. “A Vindication of the Rights of a Woman” introduced new ideas, strengthened old ones, and helped change history forever. Throughout her entire unordinary life, she took pride in being different and wasn’t afraid of doing what seemed crazy and unethical at the time. All in all, Mary Wollstonecraft doesn’t reflect the time period she lived in at all considering most women in the late 1700’s spent their lives living for their husband, uneducated, and unable to voice their opinions or fight for what they deserve. Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of a Women” was the beginning of authors unapologetically voicing their opinions and thoughts, readers to this day aren’t as intimidated by Mary’s vocabulary because after her essay, female authors are now not only more popular but readers don’t see women taking on tough topics as a form of masculinity. While we’re still a long way from equality, we can continue to learn from Mary and her work and fight for what means most to us. Regardless of the controversy around Mary and her beliefs, Virginia Woolf mentions and honors Wollstonecraft’s work after she said “we hear her voice and trace her influence even now among the living.”
After all the pain she went through, she came out stronger and was able to use her experiences to impact, empower, and inspire not just middle class women, but anyone who is in support of equal rights. “A Vindication of the Rights of a Woman” introduced new ideas, strengthened old ones, and helped change history forever. Throughout her entire unordinary life, she took pride in being different and wasn’t afraid of doing what seemed crazy and unethical at the time. All in all, Mary Wollstonecraft doesn’t reflect the time period she lived in at all considering most women in the late 1700’s spent their lives living for their husband, uneducated, and unable to voice their opinions or fight for what they deserve. Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of a Women” was the beginning of authors unapologetically voicing their opinions and thoughts, readers to this day aren’t as intimidated by Mary’s vocabulary because after her essay, female authors are now not only more popular but readers don’t see women taking on tough topics as a form of masculinity. While we’re still a long way from equality, we can continue to learn from Mary and her work and fight for what means most to us. Regardless of the controversy around Mary and her beliefs, Virginia Woolf mentions and honors Wollstonecraft’s work after she said “we hear her voice and trace her influence even now among the living.”