Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 - 1797
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Biography
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. She is best known for her influential work 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792), where she argued for women's education and equality in society. Wollstonecraft's writings challenged the traditional views of her time, paving the way for the feminist movement.
Famous Quotes (5)
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I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.
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Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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The beginning is always today.
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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage.
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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.