A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — Dedication to Talleyrand, Introduction, and Chapters 1–2writing · 1792DirectVerified quotation — claim 01“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their FASCINATING graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.” — Mary WollstonecraftVerified quotation — claim 01“How grossly do they insult us, who thus advise us only to render ourselves gentle, domestic brutes!” — Mary WollstonecraftVerified quotation — claim 01“Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience; but, as blind obedience is ever sought for by power, tyrants and sensualists are in the right when they endeavour to keep women in the dark, because the former only want slaves, and the latter a play-thing.” — Mary Wollstonecraft
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — Chapters 3–5, including the animadversions on Rousseau, Gregory and Fordycewriting · 1792DirectNo passage is mapped to this claim. Sources are listed for provenance; a quotation appears only when it has been verified for the specific claim.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burkewriting · 1790DirectNo passage is mapped to this claim. Sources are listed for provenance; a quotation appears only when it has been verified for the specific claim.