The Founding Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was a true liberal who championed the rights of all but the domination of none - what we cherish today as equality.
Portraits of Liberty · Libertarianism.org
June 4, 202023m 32s
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Show Notes
Mary Wollstonecraft had a tough life, her father was an abusive drunk and her families’ economic fortunes were ever worsening. Tired of the oppressive nature of home life Mary left and attempted to become an independent woman something that was extremely uncommon in the 18th-century. Despite the challenges in here way Mary became a respected public intellectual in her day writing two Vindications of the rights of men and women in which she discusses how to achieve a more equal and virtuous society that takes into account both men and women’s rights and progress.
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