Wollstonecraft
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- proper noun
- /ˈwɔl.stən.kræft/
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published in 1776 and Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792.
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Wollstonecraft's Vindication
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Mary Wollstonecraft is celebrated for her groundbreaking ideas on women's education and rights.
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As an advocate for women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundation for modern feminism.
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And Mary Wollstonecraft wrote about political and civil equality for women in 1792.
Fiction book (1990) -
No historical discussion of the dilemma of gifted women would be complete without mention of Mary Wollstonecraft, the first major feminist.
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Predating Mill's book by three-quarters of a century, Wollstonecraft presented several similar arguments for female emancipation.
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Mary Wollstonecraft's fate served as a potent lesson to all would-be reformers for the next two centuries.
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The writings of Mary Wollstonecraft challenged the traditional views on gender roles in her time.
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An English writer who argues that women should have equal rights and education and is the mother of Mary Shelley
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An English writer who argued for women's equal rights and education
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Etymology
Wollstonecraft is an old English family name made of two parts: Wollstone, a 'place' name, and craft, which means 'skill' or 'maker' and is the same craft you see in 'handicraft'. A helpful way to remember Mary Wollstonecraft is to think of her as a writer with a strong 'craft', a skilled maker of ideas for women's rights.