Mary Wollstonecraft

where was she a key figure

in the first-wave of feminism and ultimately she is a liberal feminist

what is she best know for

her work ‘A vindication of the rights of women’

what were her ideas

reason and formal equality

what did she support being taught to children

reason

key quote in regards to her idea of reason

“the mind has no gender”

what does Wollstoncraft say in regards to women without reason

women who are “the prey of their senses” cannot think rationally

who does women not being able able to think rationally harm

themselves and civilisation

how does Wollstonecraft argue the mind has no gender

by arguing that reason is universal and that the intellectual difference between men and women were not due to inherent inferiority, but rather the result of a lack education and social conditioning

how does Wollstonecraft argue for formal equality

by arguing that both men and women are rational

why do women appear inferior to men

simply a result of their poor education

what does Wollstonecraft argue in regards to education

that men and women should both be educated, and educated together.

what does Wollstonecraft argue in regards to right

the rights of men and women should be equal- they are equal in the eyes of God

what does her religious reference do

distinguishes her from other liberal thinkers, who reject religion