Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.
Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797, English Author & Feminist, Reference to Women, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 1792
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Chaucer has Criseyde say this. It is the statement that would gladden the heart of any feminist. This was one of Mary McCarthy’s favorite quotations.
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing. Today Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences.