In 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this essay in response to the philosophers of the 18th century that were of the opinion that women were not only inherently inferior to men, but also lacking in reason compared to them, and would thus not need any kind of rational education. She argues that women need to be educated in order to truly fulfill their role in society, and to become more than mere ornamentation for men. Wollstonecraft is of course no feminist in the modern sense, and […]