At her time, laws stated that men's control of the family's money
Women led a restricted life during Wollstonecraft's time. Women had virtually no rights of political participation.
society condemned her for her unconventional behavior, and renounced that she was a prostitute and a monster.
Few of the later feminists of the more conservative 19th century would dare to admit her influence openly, as they made their gains for women by limiting the feminist agenda (Todd).
Mary Wollstonecraft's Life
a Anglo-Irish women who was born in London at 1759.
her first child, Fanny, was born in 1795, who is daughter of Gilbert Imlay, who was an American timberman merchent
tried to commit suicide after Imlay left her.
married to William Godwin, her long-time friend in 1797, who did not believe in the institution of marriage.
died in 1797 after giving birth to their daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft who wrote the story Frankenstein.
Her thought on Human Nature
She thought that Men's nature was to take control and not let others help
She thought that Man's nature was to be Evil
Her choice of goverment
She thought that democracy was the best because of equality
She thought that power corrupted everybody and that it needed to be spread
Too much power is not good for anybody
Her thought on Human Rights
All people are equal and everybody get to choose their own fate.
Her view on Religion
She believed in her own created religion, but still thought God was perfect.
She believed that all human being is constantly stepping further toward the God, the most perfect thing in this world, and trying to be more perfect.
Her view on 'Perfect Society'
Deliberated that Enlightenment includes education for women
all of society would benefit from equality and the end of male domination over women
Her critiques of Today's Society
M. Wollstonecraft would be satisfied in the society we live in today, because most women and men have equal rights. However, in some remote areas, women still don’t have equal rights like men.
Mary Wollstonecraft's Actions
Appealed to social philosophy as the basis for the creation and preservation of equal rights and opportunities for women.
Mary wanted in life to build a bridge between mankinds current situation and a perfect one
In proposing the same type of education for girls as that proposed for boys, Mary Wollstonecraft also went a step further and proposed that they be educated together which was even more radical than anything proposed before. The idea of co-educational schooling was simply regarded as nonsense by many educational thinkers of the time
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'I consider those minds as the most strong and original, whose imagination acts as the stimulus to their senses.’
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Society
Mary Wollstonecraft's Life
Her thought on Human Nature
Her choice of goverment
Her thought on Human Rights
Her view on Religion
Her view on 'Perfect Society'
Her critiques of Today's Society
Mary Wollstonecraft's Actions
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