Mary Wollstonecraft

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Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the
Rights of WomanStudent Edition

• Created by
• Stephanie Soriano
• Christine Watson
• Edited by Brett Ader and Dr. Kay Picart

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Her background

• 1759-1797
• Born in London
• Founded and taught at a school in Newington Green
  
• Mother of feminism

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Wollstonecrafts theory of the association of
ideas

• The association of ideas is either _________ or
  ______________.

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Instantaneous means

• __________________________________________________
  ________________________
• __________________________________________________
  ________________________

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Habitual means

• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

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• every woman is a rake at heart
• 
  Alexander Pope, Moral Essays

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Wollstontecraft and Reason

• Inability to reason is a direct result of _______
  ___________________
• it is the right use of reason alone which makes
  us independent of everything

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What is the effect of sentimental novels on the
female character?
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What does Wollstonecraft think
should be done with sentimental novels?
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• In your opinion does Wollstonecraft think that
  the mind knows sex?
• How much influence did this text have and is it
  still relevant today?