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(6 pp.) This discussion will examine Mary
Wollenstonecraft's idea of individual self
development especially as it applies to women in
her essay the Vindication of the Rights of Man
and Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), in
relationship to political thought as it is
expressed in Edmond Burke's Reflections on the
Revolution in France (1791).
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the Revolution in France (1791). BBwllbrk.doc WOLLENSTONECRAFT & BURKE: Rights and Reflections Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., March 2001 Introduction
This discussion will examine Mary Wollenstonecrafts idea of individual self development especially as it applies to women in her essay the Vindication of the Rights of Man and Vindication of
the Rights of Women (1792), in relationship to political thought as it is expressed in Edmond Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France (1791). Wollenstonecraft Today, if a women was
labeled a "hyena in petticoats," the tendency to ask a question about the meaning of such a phrase, might be more about, what is a "petticoat," than what is a
hyena. The opposite response and yet still politically appropriate in the new century might be to respond, "why, thank you very much!" Such was hardly the
case at the turn of the nineteenth century when Wollenstonecraft was recording her ideas. What initially happened to this daring woman was that her personal reputation was examined before her
ideas, and as the public, or at least the male public, found it lacking - she did conceive and keep her own daughter - she was ridiculed; and her ideas
were discounted. It seemed to be an alien concept to the philosophical thinkers of the eighteenth century that the freedoms that they favored, were favored for men, and the
"little woman," should just go on, as she had for centuries, after all, of course she was the "weaker" of the species. (At that time in history no one
would have asked the question, if she is the "weaker" of the species, why is she the one who carries the major responsibility for bringing new life into the world?
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