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For centuries, male intellectuals argued that the nature of women is inferior to men and made male domination of women necessary. However, the new movement for women?fs right called feminism was born in the age of Enlightenment. The strongest statement was advanced by the English writer Mary Wollstonecraft. She argued that women should have equal rights with men in education, as well as in economic and political life. Enlightenment thought had some impact on the political life and social equality of European states in the eighteenth century. The philosophies believed in natural rights for all people. These included equality before the law, freedom of religious worships, freedom of speech and press, and the right to assemble and hold
