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When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him.

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Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts...

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft
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Born: April 27, 1759
Died: September 10, 1797 (aged 38)
Bio: Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book.
Known for:
  1. Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman
  2. A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)
  3. Mary: A Fiction (1788)
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