Mary Wollstonecraft

Political Philosophy British 1759 – 1797 83 quotes

An English writer and philosopher, considered one of the first feminist thinkers, whose 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' argued for equal education and rights for women.

Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.

A Vindication of the Rights of Men 1790

I have not yet attained that state of perfect indifference which enables one to look on the past with pity and contempt.

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark 1796

The society of women is the element of good manners.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1792