Read the facts about Mary Wollstonecraft. Based on the facts, which inference about the passage
is justified?
Lived during the time of the American and French
Revolutions
O By reinforcing existing prejudices, Wollstonecraft
delayed the beginning of the women's rights
movement.
-Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in
1792 (in response to a French government report
advocating that women shouldsbe educated only for
household duties)
O By challenging society, Wollstonecraft revealed that
she supported the American and French
Revolutions.
Was embraced by twentieth-century women's rights
advocates
O By supporting the truths of the time, Wollstonecraft
reasoned against revolutionary thinking.
Now read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights
O By challenging accepted principles, Wollstonecraft
of Woman.
was one of the first proponents of women's rights.
In the present state of society, it appears necessary to
go back to first principles in search of the most simple
truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice
every inch of ground.