A Vindication of the Rights of Woman


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.2 stars; 30 reviews)

Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appeared to be because they lacked education. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on reason. - Today, Wollstonecraft is considered a foundational thinker in feminist philosophy. Her early advocacy of women's equality and her attacks on conventional femininity and the degradation of women presaged the later emergence of the feminist political movement. Feminist scholars and activists have cited both her philosophical ideas and personal struggles as important influences in their work.

This is one of the 12 Books That Changed the World by Melvyn Bragg. (Summary from Wikipedia and Alex Foster) (9 hr 46 min)

Chapitres

Brief Sketch of the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (incl. letter) 16:08 Lu par Alex Foster
Author's Introduction 11:40 Lu par Kristen McQuillin
Chapter 1: The Rights and Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered 23:39 Lu par David Barnes
Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion Of a Sexual Character Discussed 52:52 Lu par Carl Manchester
Chapter 3: The Same Subject Continued 34:16 Lu par Kirsten Ferreri
Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced B… 27:36 Lu par Margaine
Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced B… 27:24 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced B… 26:16 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Obj… 42:22 Lu par Kirsten Ferreri
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Obj… 23:39 Lu par Kirsten Ferreri
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Obj… 15:05 Lu par Kirsten Ferreri
Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Obj… 24:12 Lu par Kirsten Ferreri
Chapter 6: The Effect Which an Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon the Character 19:17 Lu par Betsie Bush
Chapter 7: Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, And Not As a Sexual Virtue 27:14 Lu par Samantha Hayes
Chapter 8: Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of the Importance Of a Good Re… 31:26 Lu par Cori Samuel
Chapter 9: Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinction… 27:00 Lu par Jen Kidd
Chapter 10: Parental Affection 8:00 Lu par Gesine
Chapter 11: Duty to Parents 15:42 Lu par Maddie
Chapter 12: On National Education 1:14:29 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates … 27:19 Lu par Caitlin Kelly
Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates … 30:40 Lu par Caitlin Kelly