USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who advocated for equal education for women?
A
Wollstonecraft
B
Hobbes
C
Locke
D
Voltaire
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women. She called for the betterment of women’s status through such political change as the radical reform of national educational systems. Such change, she concluded, would benefit all society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) was one of Britain’s first great feminist writers. She wrote of her belief that women were only seen as inferior to men because they did not have the same opportunities for a good education.

Detailed explanation-3: -For instance, rather than unequivocally stating that men and women are equal, Wollstonecraft contends that men and women are equal in the eyes of God, which means that they are both subject to the same moral law. For Wollstonecraft, men and women are equal in the most important areas of life.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Wollstonecraft was a renowned women’s rights activist who authored A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792, a classic of rationalist feminism that is considered the earliest and most important treatise advocating equality for women.

Detailed explanation-5: -Further, If women are to teach their children to be good, moral, and patriotic citizens, they must be well educated. One cannot teach without an education. For Wollstonecraft, the education offered to women in her day, did nothing to prepare them for any of these duties.

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