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Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 AD — 1797 AD
English moral and political writer whose arguments connect education and independence with the conditions for developing judgment and responsible conduct.
Author and source reference ↗Life and writing
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) wrote about education, politics and moral relations in several literary forms. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman appeared in 1792, but her work also includes other pedagogical and political writing. The scholarly reference places the argument about women within a wider examination of society and human relationships. Reading that broader concern helps avoid turning one sentence about independence into a complete summary of her thought.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Mary Wollstonecraft ↗ SEP introduction: lifetime, writings and 1792 Vindication
The Introduction and Chapter 2 of the linked Vindication examine expectations that train women for dependence and then judge them through the resulting limitations. Follow the proposed relationship between education, reason and conduct, including the people and arguments she answers. The historical vocabulary and religious assumptions also deserve criticism. This is an extended argument to examine, rather than a collection of verdicts on the capacities or worth of individual people.
Project Gutenberg — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ↗ PG3420: Introduction; Chapter 2, imposed weakness and education
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Original agent-assisted editorial profile, checked 2026-10-05. No human review is recorded. Life dates are recorded to the year; they do not date individual quotations.