Reason: Women's Rationality and Independence (Mary Wollstonecraft) (Edexcel A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Mary Wollstonecraft's lifespan
Mary Wollstonecraft's lifespan
1759-1797
Wollstonecraft's major work & year
Wollstonecraft's major work & year
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Wollstonecraft's view: women's rationality
Wollstonecraft's view: women's rationality
Women are rational & independent beings, capable of reason like men
18th-century view Wollstonecraft challenged
18th-century view Wollstonecraft challenged
Women only suited for domestic roles & lacked intellectual ability
Cause of intellectual differences (Wollstonecraft)
Cause of intellectual differences (Wollstonecraft)
Unequal access to education & opportunities, not inherent inferiority
Wollstonecraft on women's independence
Wollstonecraft on women's independence
Women should be autonomous, make own decisions, shape own destinies
What traditional roles stifled (Wollstonecraft)
What traditional roles stifled (Wollstonecraft)
Reasoning abilities & moral judgment
Traditional roles as form of (Wollstonecraft)
Traditional roles as form of (Wollstonecraft)
Intellectual and social repression
Wollstonecraft's legacy in liberalism
Wollstonecraft's legacy in liberalism
Laid groundwork for feminist strand of liberalism
Formal equality (Wollstonecraft)
Formal equality (Wollstonecraft)
State ensuring women have same rights as men
States Wollstonecraft wanted to replace
States Wollstonecraft wanted to replace
Monarchical states with republican states
Why state must intervene (Wollstonecraft)
Why state must intervene (Wollstonecraft)
To ensure women have equal standing with men for freedom & potential