Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Length 9 h 46 min
Chapters 20
First published 1792
Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appeared to be because they lacked education. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on reason. - Today, Wollstonecraft is considered a foundational thinker in feminist philosophy. Her early advocacy of women's equality and her attacks on conventional femininity and the degradation of women presaged the later emergence of the feminist political movement. Feminist scholars and activists have cited both her philosophical ideas and personal struggles as important influences in their work.
This is one of the 12 Books That Changed the World by Melvyn Bragg. (Summary from Wikipedia and Alex Foster)
Chapters
1
Brief Sketch of the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (incl. letter) Read by Alex Foster 16:08
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Chapter 1: The Rights and Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered Read by David Barnes 23:39
3
Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion Of a Sexual Character Discussed Read by Carl Manchester 52:52
4
Chapter 3: The Same Subject Continued Read by Kirsten Ferreri 34:16
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Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 1 Read by Margaine 27:36
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Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 2 Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 27:24
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Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 3 Read by J. M. Smallheer 26:16
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 1 Read by Kirsten Ferreri 42:22
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 2 Read by Kirsten Ferreri 23:39
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 3 Read by Kirsten Ferreri 15:05
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Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 4 Read by Kirsten Ferreri 24:12
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Chapter 6: The Effect Which an Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon the Character Read by Betsie Bush 19:17
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Chapter 7: Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, And Not As a Sexual Virtue Read by Samantha Hayes 27:14
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Chapter 8: Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of the Importance Of a Good Reputation Read by Cori Samuel 31:26
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Chapter 9: Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society Read by Jen Kidd 27:00
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Chapter 10: Parental Affection Read by Gesine 8:00
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Chapter 11: Duty to Parents Read by Maddie 15:42
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Chapter 12: On National Education Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 1:14:29
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Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 1 Read by Caitlin Kelly 27:19
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Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 2 Read by Caitlin Kelly 30:40
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