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Miller, Calvin Craig

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Women

(3) YA World Writers series. An engaging biography details the life of the controversial British writer and feminist. The daughter of parents who gave preferential treatment to their first-born son, Wollstonecraft became an outspoken advocate for women's rights. The book clearly shows how her experiences directly affected her political beliefs, which found a public voice with the publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792. Bib., ind.

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