a vindication of the rights of women
The author seems most concerned about prevailing attitudes in her time towards women"s what?
Education
define inculcate
instill
define vindication
justification
What 5 things were women sent away to school to learn?
manners, piano-sing- draw, do needlework, and learn a foreign language, running a house.
What does the author say is a result of women striving only to be alluring objects ?
Women are weak and unfit for motherhood
define prerogative
a privilege
The author says that a women should fulfill her responsibility to herself through what?
cultivating her own understanding/education
Wollstonecraft says that the books that have been written for women's improvement have generally done what?
encouraged women to be frivolous
define feign
pretend
define evanescent
quick to disappear
Wollstonecraft suggest that women should submit to
reason and self-respect above all else
What were the 4 ways an unmarried woman could support herself?
servant, nurse, governess, or some similar occupation
Why does Wollstonecraft tell women to be their husband's friends?
she claims beauty will always fade, but friendship lasts
What is one of the authors counterarguments to the idea that women should be educated to please men ?
when men stop paying attention, then women will be left to discontent and bitterness
Think about Wollstonecraft's early education. she most draws from this context when she claims that
women are rational creatures capable of standing alone
Which statement is a counterargument that Wollstonecraft offers to refute opposing standing alone ?
women should strive to be respectable and see pleasing others as a polish to their virtues