Mary Wollstonecraft

Cards (7)

  • What is human nature
    Wanted women to be more educated through A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Both men and women born with equal opportunities
  • what is their society
    wanted middle class women to get more roles in society and women to be educated. She wanted women to have the right to vote. Believed education is for creating responsible citizens who can contribute to the public good
  • what is the role of the state
    state should have an important role. In her book she talked about how the state should create institutions to provide women with equal opportunities
  • how should the economy be organised
    equal opportunities for work for middle class women. she believed in moral economy.
  • what does freedom mean

    She believed in freedom of women. she wanted to fix gender inequality
  • what is private property
    men and women should have the right to property
  • Negatives:
    Extremely religious. Only advocated for middle class women. Her views on slavery and the rights of women in colonised countries is problematic.