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Apr 29, 2024 · Although she may disagree with their embrace of the term, those who champion what John Paul II called “new feminism” share the same goal: building what Gress describes as “a civilization in which vulnerability is considered and cared for and the needs of women met.”
Apr 16, 2008 · Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1798) was a moral and political theorist whose analysis of the condition of women in modern society retains much of its original radicalism.
Dec 7, 2023 · Mary Wollstonecraft, c. 1790. John Opie (Public Domain) Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an Enlightenment philosopher who, as author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is widely credited as the founder of feminism. Wollstonecraft called for equal education opportunities for men and women, and she stressed the benefits to society as a ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft (/ ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r æ f t /, also UK: /-k r ɑː f t /; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention ...
- 27 April 1759, Spitalfields, London, England
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- 10 September 1797 (aged 38), Somers Town, London, England
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Dec 9, 2018 · Society. Freedom and Feminism: The Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft. written by Paul Meany December 9, 2018. The core of Mary Wollstonecraft’s literary career was to envision a social and political order in which women were treated as rational, autonomous beings capable of independence and virtue.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Mary Wollstonecraft (born April 27, 1759, London, England—died September 10, 1797, London) was an English writer and passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She outlined her beliefs in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), considered a classic of feminism.
by John Opie, c. 1797. © National Portrait Gallery, London. Wollstonecraft [married name Godwin], Mary ( 1759–1797 ), author and advocate of women's rights, was born on 27 April 1759 at Primrose Street, Spitalfields, London, the eldest daughter of Edward Wollstonecraft (1736–1803) and his wife, Elizabeth Dixon (1730–1782).