![]() ![]() ![]() That education should be available to all and that it should be free.Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for the rights of women and held these central ideas: “ Every woman who wants to make an impact on the way this country is run – from the House of Commons to the pub quiz – has Mary Wollstonecraft to thank.“ Wollstonecraft’s Central Ideas Although, the term feminism wasn’t used until the 1890’s – almost 100 years after Wollstonecraft wrote her feminist essay – A Vindication of the Right’s of Woman.Īs Mary Beard, Cambridge Professor of Classics, once said: Mary Wollstonecraft is often thought of as the first feminist as she wrote the first great feminist text. Wollstonecraft is most famous for her essay on women’s rights published in 1792 – A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. She argued for girls and boys to receive free and equal education, at a time when girls were seldom educated at all. Mary Wollstonecraft was a writer, philosopher and advocate of women’s rights, who lived and wrote during the 18th century. ![]()
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