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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman challenges dependence through arguments about rational judgment and education. Its institutional proposals must be assessed as well as its universal claims.
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Guided course · Module 9 · Lesson 54
Who was left outside the language of rights?
Wollstonecraft and Cugoano challenge the exclusion of women and of enslaved people from equal liberty. What do their arguments demand of education, ownership and public institutions?