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Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
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Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Title page of the 1792 American edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. The facing page contains an inscription by women's suffragist Susan B. Anthony.

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feminism, the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests. Throughout most of Western history, women were confined to the domestic sphere, while public life was reserved for men. In medieval Europe, women were denied the right to own property, to study, or to participate in public...

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