A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by celebrated British novelist Jeanette Winterson, CBE. This definitive recording includes an introduction to the audio edition written and performed by Jeanette Winterson.
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - one critic called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.
Customer Reviews
Excellent work
This is excellent work. Very early work of a woman trying to speak out about the obvious injustices and ironies of society in her time. The foundation and relevance of the challenge hasn’t changed. It’s a great book for yesterday and today. It’s a well done piece with a thought provoking conversation/stream of consciousness style. Of course there’s some sexist trolls on here trying to put the book down. That’s all they have to do, you see.
On "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
A woman belongs in the kitchen