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- Introduction
- Note on the Texts
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of Mary Wollstonecraft
- A Vindication of the Rights of Men
- A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Introduction
- Chapter I The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered
- Chapter II The Prevailing Opinion Of A Sexual Character Discussed
- Chapter III The Same Subject Continued
- Chapter IV Observations On The State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes
- Chapter V Animadversions On Some Of The Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt
- Chapter VI The Effect Which An Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon The Character
- Chapter VII Modesty—Comprehensively Considered, And Not As A Sexual Virtue
- Chapter VIII Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of The Importance Of A Good Reputation
- Chapter IX Of The Pernicious Effects Which Arise From The Unnatural Distinctions Established In Society
- Chapter X Parental Affection
- Chapter XI Duty To Parents
- Chapter XII On National Education
- Chapter XIII Some Instances Of The Folly Which The Ignorance Of Women Generates; With Concluding Reflections On The Moral Improvement That A Revolution In Female Manners Might Naturally Be Expected To Produce
- Book I, Chapter I
- Book I, Chapter II
- Book I, Chapter III
- Book I, Chapter IV
- From Book II, Chapter II
- Book II, Chapter IV
- From Book V, Chapter II
- From Book V, Chapter III
- Book V, Chapter IV
- Explanatory Notes
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- Introduction
- Note on the Texts
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of Mary Wollstonecraft
- A Vindication of the Rights of Men
- A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Introduction
- Chapter I The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered
- Chapter II The Prevailing Opinion Of A Sexual Character Discussed
- Chapter III The Same Subject Continued
- Chapter IV Observations On The State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes
- Chapter V Animadversions On Some Of The Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt
- Chapter VI The Effect Which An Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon The Character
- Chapter VII Modesty—Comprehensively Considered, And Not As A Sexual Virtue
- Chapter VIII Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of The Importance Of A Good Reputation
- Chapter IX Of The Pernicious Effects Which Arise From The Unnatural Distinctions Established In Society
- Chapter X Parental Affection
- Chapter XI Duty To Parents
- Chapter XII On National Education
- Chapter XIII Some Instances Of The Folly Which The Ignorance Of Women Generates; With Concluding Reflections On The Moral Improvement That A Revolution In Female Manners Might Naturally Be Expected To Produce
- Book I, Chapter I
- Book I, Chapter II
- Book I, Chapter III
- Book I, Chapter IV
- From Book II, Chapter II
- Book II, Chapter IV
- From Book V, Chapter II
- From Book V, Chapter III
- Book V, Chapter IV
- Explanatory Notes