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jan 1, 1792 - "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

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Written in 1792 by Mary Wollstonecraft, it brought Rousseau before the judgement of the rational Enlightenment ideal of progressive knowledge. The immediate incentive for this essay was her opposition to certain policies of the French Revolution which were inspired by Rousseau.

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jan 1, 1792
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~ 234 years ago