Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women

What is Mary Wollstonecraft's main argument in this text?

• Women should be allowed to vote.

• Women should be given equal education as men.

• Women should continue being only housewives.

• Women's education should focus on domestic tasks.

What did a women's education at this time consist of?

• Music

• Mathematics

• Needlepoint

• Reading

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who does Wollstonecraft direct this text towards?

• Men - to explain the importance of education for women

• Women - to ask them to take a stand against societal norms

• Governments - to ask them to make education for women lawfully required

• Children - to help them envision what their world can one day be

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What of the following were women not permitted to do?

• Become Servants

• Vote

• Marry

• Own property

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What could be attributed to being Wollstonecraft's inspiration for writing this text?

• Belief Women Were Better Than Men

• Family Life Growing Up

• Want to Run for Presidency

• Limited Job Opportunities for Women

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Wollstonecraft was often characterized as what? It was seen as an insult to be a woman characterized as such.

• Reckless

• Outspoken

• Caring

• Bold

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What made Wollstonecraft's education different than the other women of the time?

• She was taught to take care of her family>

• She knew how to write.

• She knew how to read.

• She studied higher leveled texts.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did Wollstonecraft believe came from the current state of women's education?

• Women could only be happy if they married.

• It prepared women for life if they were to not marry.

• It was a source of misery for women.

• Women were seen as companions to men.