Wollstonecraft: Independent Woman

Famous as the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft was a wide-ranging and controversial moral and political philosopher. She engaged with many of the most polarising issues of her day: criticising social hierarchies, advocating for educational reform, analysing the French Revolution, and challenging men’s political dominance.

In this illuminating introduction, Alan Coffee argues that the originality of Wollstonecraft’s feminist arguments is best understood wit...