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TO - M. TALLEYRAND PERIGORD, - LATE BISHOP OF AUTUN.
VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN. - CHAPTER 1. - THE RIGHTS AND INVOLVED DUTIES OF MANKIND CONSIDERED.
CHAPTER 2. - THE PREVAILING OPINION OF A SEXUAL CHARACTER DISCUSSED.
CHAPTER 3. - THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
CHAPTER 4. - OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF DEGRADATION TO WHICH WOMAN IS REDUCED BY VARIOUS CAUSES.
CHAPTER 5. - ANIMADVERSIONS ON SOME OF THE WRITERS WHO HAVE RENDERED WOMEN OBJECTS OF PITY, BORDERING ON CONTEMPT.
CHAPTER 6. - THE EFFECT WHICH AN EARLY ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS HAS UPON THE CHARACTER.
CHAPTER 7. - MODESTY COMPREHENSIVELY CONSIDERED AND NOT AS A SEXUAL VIRTUE.
CHAPTER 8. - MORALITY UNDERMINED BY SEXUAL NOTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD REPUTATION.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (506K characters)
Release date
2002-09-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1759–1797
A fierce and original voice of the Enlightenment, she argued that women deserved the same serious education and moral standing as men. Her writing still feels lively today because it connects big political ideas to everyday life, love, and freedom.
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