A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” is significant because it allowed women to gain freedom, equality and was an influential component in developing the power and status that women hold today.
Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, London and died on September 10, 1797 in London, UK. She was a philosopher, critic, novelist, writer and advocate for woman’s rights (Johnstone). She is known to be “the first of a new genus” (Clark), and a founding mother of feminism (Campbell). According to Women Suffrage and Beyond, growing up Wollstonecraft suffered from oppressive gender roles. Her mother, Elizabeth Dixon, and father’s, Edward John Wollstonecraft, marriage was an influence in her writing, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, because he was an excessive drinker and an abusive father. Another influence in her writing was her previous composition, A Vindication of …show more content…
Comparing that to present day, woman are outnumbering men in multiple things, such as going to college. Back then, women were not allowed to outnumber men in anything, in 2003, there were 1.35 females for every 1.3 male who advanced from a four-year institution (Hill). Females are slowly but surely advancing. Throughout her excerpt A Vindication of Women’s rights, Wollstonecraft explains how males have always been put on a pedestal, they were the ones that had to work to provide for the family, they were in control of basically everything, including their partner. Males go out and find a female that they see fit to start a family with, one that seems fit enough to take care of and nourish their child, along with being a housewife, but Wollstonecraft thought that it was time for a
“A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” is significant because it allowed women to gain freedom, equality and was an influential component in developing the power and status that women hold today.
Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, London and died on September 10, 1797 in London, UK. She was a philosopher, critic, novelist, writer and advocate for woman’s rights (Johnstone). She is known to be “the first of a new genus” (Clark), and a founding mother of feminism (Campbell). According to Women Suffrage and Beyond, growing up Wollstonecraft suffered from oppressive gender roles. Her mother, Elizabeth Dixon, and father’s, Edward John Wollstonecraft, marriage was an influence in her writing, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, because he was an excessive drinker and an abusive father. Another influence in her writing was her previous composition, A Vindication of …show more content…
Comparing that to present day, woman are outnumbering men in multiple things, such as going to college. Back then, women were not allowed to outnumber men in anything, in 2003, there were 1.35 females for every 1.3 male who advanced from a four-year institution (Hill). Females are slowly but surely advancing. Throughout her excerpt A Vindication of Women’s rights, Wollstonecraft explains how males have always been put on a pedestal, they were the ones that had to work to provide for the family, they were in control of basically everything, including their partner. Males go out and find a female that they see fit to start a family with, one that seems fit enough to take care of and nourish their child, along with being a housewife, but Wollstonecraft thought that it was time for a