The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Sandrine Bergès

Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the greatest philosophers and writers of the Eighteenth century. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Her most celebrated and widely-read work is A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. This Guidebook introduces:

Wollstonecraft’s life and the background to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The ideas and text of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Wollstonecraft’s enduring influence in philosophy and our contemporary intellectual life

It is ideal for anyone coming to Wollstonecraft’s classic text for the first time and anyone interested in the origins of feminist thought.

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 26, 2012