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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Mary Wollstonecraft · 1759–1797

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“In six furious weeks she wrote the book arguing that women are human before they are female — and then a loving, honest biography buried her arguments under her life for a hundred years.”
— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 161

The big idea, in the book's words:

“If reason is what entitles human beings to rights, and women can reason, then women are entitled to rights — so educate them as rational creatures, or admit your Enlightenment is a private club for men.”
— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 161

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