ENGLISH 2M06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mary Wollstonecraft, French Revolution, Social Inequality
27 Nov 2017
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One of the first feminist pieces arguing for the equality of women alongside men. Basically calling for national education that is accessible to boys and girls and is equal. Calling for government to create a public education system in which boys and girls from all walks of life can come together and be educated. She argues against private education and homeschooling as she believes these teach the children to think of themselves as more important than others and believe others to be inferior. Directly addresses burke and his writings and embraces reason addresses the politicization of gender. Uses analogy of political tyranny and gender tyranny ie. kings over their land and subjects and husbands over their wives. Her taste is focused on beauty, simplicity, sincerity and reason. She believes that change and innovation are very important and for the government to stop that is fatal. She constantly mourns that children are made to memorize rather than to learn.
