What Mary Wollstonecraft thinks about agency
English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797); author of A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
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3 dated positions, c. 1787 to c. 1792, in their own words. Our reading of what Mary Wollstonecraft has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.
↗A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Our readingWithout mistaken notions of beauty, women could gain enough strength to earn their own living
Their wordsMen have superiour strength of body; but were it not for mistaken notions of beauty, women would acquire sufficient to enable them to earn their own subsistence, the true definition of independence; and to bear those bodily inconveniences and exertions that are requisite to strengthen the mind.
↗A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Their wordsNothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world; and this is not a woman’s province in a married state.
↗Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book