Women becoming, consequently weaker, in mind and body, than they ought to be... have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to lasciviousness the parental affection... either destroy the embryo in the womb, or cast if off when born. Nature in every thing demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.


Ch. 8 - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)

Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes

Women becoming, consequently weaker, in mind and body, than they ought to be... have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; ...

Women becoming, consequently weaker, in mind and body, than they ought to be... have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; ...

Women becoming, consequently weaker, in mind and body, than they ought to be... have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; ...

Women becoming, consequently weaker, in mind and body, than they ought to be... have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; ...