What I found to be the most intriguing take away from the reading was the historical context that it was written as well as how revolutionary the ideas themselves were. When this book was published in 1792, women were seen as inferior to men and little more than child bearers in many societies so for Mary Wollstonecraft to deliver her proclamation that "I think, that from their infancy women should...be able to think and act for themselves." (3.30) This was something that was practically unheard of at the time and it proves that not only was Wollstonecraft ahead of her time intellectually but that she was also perhaps one of the earliest if not the earliest feminist to have risen. The idea that women should be equal to men is a simple one to grasp to today as there were many who came after Wollstonecraft who were able to expand upon the original ideas that she set into motion. I suppose that what I am attempting to convey is that Wollstonecraft was able to do what no one else at the time was willing to try; that is to change the world that was so that the world tomorrow can be something worthy of our continued admiration.
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