Tag: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Week #4 / Wrap-Up
We made it! If you know me from past years, you know I’m terrible at sticking to read-alongs and challenges. So I have to pat myself on the back for finishing this one. 🙂 Overall? I give the Read-Along 5 stars – the pacing and discussion questions have been excellent. The book itself, I give […]
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Week #3
Week 3 of the Readalong covers chapters 6–11 which deal with early childhood, concepts of modesty vs humility, a woman’s reputation, class differences, and parent-child relationships. Whew! In all seriousness, though, while I personally would have chosen a narrower scope for such a book, I admire Mary’s willingness to take on a broad range of […]
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Week #2
Week 2 of the Readalong spans chapters 4 & 5 on the topics “the state of degredation to which woman is reduced” and “writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt.” It looks like I highlighted more quotes in these chapters than in all of the first part. I was especially impressed […]
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman – Week #1
Finally reading this classic that’s been on my list so long! Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) My Gutenberg edition began with a brief biography of the author. She had an interesting but tragic life: Apparently her father was very overbearing (“a despot,” according to the biography) and unkind to her mother. Mary didn’t receive anything in the […]