When I hear the word feminism, I automatically think of theories that want to place woman in a superior position to man. This is what most people think. When I was reading A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, I questioned if Mary Wollstonecraft was truly a feminist. So I looked up the definition of feminism and discovered that it is not an issue of one sex being superior. It is an issue of equality. …
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…man she would ultimately find the relationship that she had yearned for. They married in 1797 and she bore a girl shortly after. Within a month of the birth, Mary died. Sadly, many of those that disagreed with her ideas, held her death up as proof that women were the weaker sex. I am certain that somewhere, Mary Wollstonecraft is celebrating about how far women, and most men, have come! "You've come a long way baby!"