Women's Rights

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The paper discusses women's equality issues that stem back to 18th century in Great Britain and the United States. The paper highlights the role of women such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Lucretia Mott, both of whom strongly advocated equal rights for everyone in the late 1700s to mid-1800s. It discusses in detail, with references and examples, the efforts put in by women to achieve equality.

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'Although Wollstonecraft was in most part a strong advocate of Rousseau, "warmly as I admire the genius of that able writer, whose opinions I shall often have occasion to cite," here she takes him to task for his division of the sexes: "Is this the man, who, in his ardour for virtue, would banish all the soft arts of peace, and almost carry us back to Spartan discipline?" Responding to his claim that "a woman should never, for a moment, feel herself independent," she calls it "Nonsense," and argues, "women are by nature inferior to men, their virtues must be the same in quality, if not in degree, or virtue is a relative idea; consequently, their conduct should be founded on the same principles, and have the same aim." "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Mott, Lucretia (1848). "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." Seneca Falls Convention. http://facweb.furman.edu/~benson/seneca-falls.cmuDeclaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
• Wollstonecraft, Mary (1792). A Vindication of the Rights of Women. "Chapter II, The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed." Website retrieved July 28, 2007. http://www.bartleby.com/144/2.html

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