...Mary Wollstonecraft was a feminist philosopher, novelist, and historian who dreamed of establishing a utopian community for women in the Age of Revolutions. In 1790, Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Men in support of the French Revolution. She followed this up...

...This chapter discusses the role of ridicule in the work of one of the century's foremost critics of men and women's subordination. In her Vindication of the Rights of Men, Mary Wollstonecraft, referencing Shaftesbury, accused Edmund Burke of using ridicule to humiliate his...

... An Historical and Moral View…of the French Revolution and A Vindication of the Rights of Men. Bastille the Dissenters equality Glorious Revolution Paine Thomas Price Dr Richard progress religion American Revolution Burke Edmund education Enlightenment the liberty reason...