MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women-to encourage, challenge, and inspire.
By the matriarch of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women tackles womens-rights-as-human-rights decades before the womens suffrage movement began. In what is widely considered the very first feminist manifesto, Wollstonecraft argues on behalf of womens natural intellect and character-considered radical at the time, her writing has paved the way of progress for generations to come.