John Kerber A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Throughout much of modern history, women in most societies and particularly in Western Civilization have been subject to third class citizenship. Mary Wollstonecraft challenged and helped change the old ideas about women’s role in society with her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. During Wollstonecraft’s time period, women had very little control over the own destiny and were basically property of the …showed first 75 words of 1262 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1262 total…that can be created through this equality. She also addresses the many problems of her society that are almost incomprehensive to the modern reader. When reading about the difficult lives of women in her time, it is easy to look at the present and simply disregard her complaints. But it must be said that without her originally writing her observations and disgust, our society would not have come as far as it has towards equality.