Literature

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a couple works during her life. One of which, is __A Vindication of the Rights of Men__. This pamphlet was a response to Burks attack on Wollstonecraft’s friend. She defended that friend by writing the pamphlet. In the Pamphlet she pointed out what was wrong with society. It included the slave trade, game laws and the way poor people were treated. This made her well known to the other philosophers of the time. The following year she published her most important book. __A Vindication of Women’s Rights__.

In __A Vindication of Women’s Rights__, Wollstonecraft attacked the educational restrictions that kept women in a state of “slavish dependence.” Wollstonecraft described Marriage as “legal prostitution” and added that women may be “convenient slaves” to men. She stated in chapter 1 that its important to "go back to the basics" and understand our beings of women and men. Society to her is wisest when the constitution when founded by men who use riches and their self righteous and selfish acts to rule. She describes sailors and common men as ones who have opinions so "steeped in the vat of consecrated authority." In chapter 2 she talked about how men look to women as something that needs to be beautiful for at least 20 years. Ever since women are young they are told that. She tells that equal education is required to make us co-operate. Military men know tactics and when they come home they are "superior" to women. Adam gave his rib for eve. For that men should work to love his wife and not assume that she has to. Chapter 3 describes that men are physically stronger and its natural. That is the only solid evidence on which superiority of the sexes can be made. If children grew up together not realizing the difference between a boy and a girl they would get along together. She wrote another book called __Letters written during a Residence in Sweden__. It is a personal account of her travels throughout different countries in Europe. She describes her love and how hard she was working for her love, but he didn't want to be with her. She continued traveling and described the travels in letters that she wrote.

Key Points:
 * 1) She wrote a __Vindication Of the Rights of Men__ in response to Burk's attack on her friend.
 * 2) Many philosophers found out about her when she wrote __A Vindication of Women's Rights__
 * 3) ____A Vindication of Women's Rights__ described that women deserve education.__
 * 4) __We need to re think how we treat women and their rights.__
 * 5) __She wrote a book called __Letters written during a Residence in Sweden.____



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