Mary Wollstonecraft and the Women's Movement
Mary Wollstonecraft and the Women 's Movement
1. Introduction
2. Mary Wollstonecraft – her life, views and works
3. Position of woman in society in 18th century
a) Women 's movement
b) Changes in society after 18th century
4. Mary Wollstonecraft – her impact on future writers
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
In this work I would like to present very important personality from the eighteenth century, feminist and writer who had huge impact on the growth of the importance of the women 's right – Mary Wollstonecraft. She is consider as an advocate of women 's rights, as a precursor of the feminist movement. Her best known work is The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but she wrote also other publications which support human natural rights. Mary is very important figure in the eighteenth century, but her influence is also seen very well in later times, due to people like her the role of woman increased through the following years.
I want also present the position of woman in society at this time and changes which had place through the eighteenth century. The importance of woman from almost zero was increasing through the time, but my aim is to present how was it in the this particular century. As the following women started fighting about their rights and more and more people started care about that. Plenty of writers were defending the rights of woman and it was also their purpose to make their lives better and easier. Women did not want to have more power over the men, they were fighting about having equal rights and being treated as human beings not as a slaves or objects.
During this hard period for women, they started creating a movements, which can be called nowadays feminist movements, but in the eighteenth century this word did not exist. It all started in late eighteenth century and was continued also over the next centuries.
Next I would like to present the writers and followers of Mary Wollstonecraft 's ideas and also
1. Introduction
2. Mary Wollstonecraft – her life, views and works
3. Position of woman in society in 18th century
a) Women 's movement
b) Changes in society after 18th century
4. Mary Wollstonecraft – her impact on future writers
5. Conclusion
6. References
1. Introduction
In this work I would like to present very important personality from the eighteenth century, feminist and writer who had huge impact on the growth of the importance of the women 's right – Mary Wollstonecraft. She is consider as an advocate of women 's rights, as a precursor of the feminist movement. Her best known work is The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, but she wrote also other publications which support human natural rights. Mary is very important figure in the eighteenth century, but her influence is also seen very well in later times, due to people like her the role of woman increased through the following years.
I want also present the position of woman in society at this time and changes which had place through the eighteenth century. The importance of woman from almost zero was increasing through the time, but my aim is to present how was it in the this particular century. As the following women started fighting about their rights and more and more people started care about that. Plenty of writers were defending the rights of woman and it was also their purpose to make their lives better and easier. Women did not want to have more power over the men, they were fighting about having equal rights and being treated as human beings not as a slaves or objects.
During this hard period for women, they started creating a movements, which can be called nowadays feminist movements, but in the eighteenth century this word did not exist. It all started in late eighteenth century and was continued also over the next centuries.
Next I would like to present the writers and followers of Mary Wollstonecraft 's ideas and also
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