A vindication of the rights of woman. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary Wollstonecraft ; edited and with an introduction by Eileen Hunt Botting ; with essays by Ruth Abbey, Eileen Hunt Botting, Norma Clarke, Madeline Cronin, Virgina Sapiro.
• Authors: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
• Editors: Hunt, Eileen M, 1971-
• Other Names: Hunt, Eileen M 1971- contributor.; Abbey, Ruth 1961- contributor.; Clarke, Norma 1948- contributor.; Cronin, Madeline contributor.; Sapiro, Virginia contributor.
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Editor's Introduction: Reading Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792-2014; Text; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London, second edition, 1792); Essays; Are Women Human? Wollstonecraft's Defense of Rights for Women; "Genius will educate itself." The British Literary Context of Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Its Legacy for Women; The Personal Is Political: Wollstonecraft's Witty, First-Person, Feminist Voice; Reading Mary Wollstonecraft in Time; Appendixes. Biographical Directory for Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of WomanThe Life and Times of Wollstonecraft and Her Family, 1688-1818; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman within the Women's Human Rights Tradition, 1739-2015; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Contents; CHAP. I. The rights and involved duties of mankind considered; CHAP. II. The prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed; CHAP. III. The same subject continued; CHAP. IV. Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes. CHAP. V. Animadversions on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contemptCHAP. VI. The effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character; CHAP. VII. Modesty.-Comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue; CHAP. VIII. Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation; CHAP. IX. Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society; CHAP. X. Parental affection; CHAP. XI. Duty to parents; CHAP. XII. On national education.
• Publisher Details: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (357 pages)
• Subjects: 305.420941; Women's rights -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Women -- Education -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Feminism -- Early works to 1800; Femmes -- Droits -- Grande-Bretagne -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Femmes -- Éducation -- Grande-Bretagne -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Féminisme -- Ouvrages avant 1800; PHILOSOPHY -- Political; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Feminism; Women -- Education; Women's rights; Great Britain; Early works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300207040; 0300207042
• Related ISBNs: 9780300176476; 0300176473
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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