Commentary #3

According to Wollstonecraft, what happens when women are not properly educated?

According to Wollstonecraft, women are "rendered weak and wretched" without a proper education.

According to this excerpt, how did Wollstonecraft feel about the education of women?

From reading this excerpt, one can see that Wollstonecraft feels that the women aren't being well educated, and that teachings should also focus on things outside of a women's household.

What is Wollstonecraft's opinion of the equality of men and women?

Wollstonecraft believes that women are inferior to men, but only because of two reasons: one, their fragility, and two, their lack of what is considered to be proper education.

Jean- Jacques Rousseau believed that a woman's education should primarily teach her to become a better wife and mother. How do you think Wollstonecraft would have reacted to his views?

Wollstonecraft seems to be arguing against just this in this excerpt. Unlike Jean- Jacques Rousseau, Wollstonecraft believed that women who are educated as men make great wives and mothers.