A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Narrators: Alex Foster, Kristen McQuillin, David Barnes, Carl Manchester, Kirsten Ferreri, Margaine, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), J. M. Smallheer, Betsie Bush, Samantha Hayes, Cori Samuel, Jen Kidd, Gesine, Maddie, Caitlin Kelly

Number of Chapters: 21

Length: 9 hours and 46 minutes

Language: English

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)

Brief Sketch of the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (incl. letter) (Alex Foster)

Author's Introduction (Kristen McQuillin)

Chapter 1: The Rights and Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered (David Barnes)

Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion Of a Sexual Character Discussed (Carl Manchester)

Chapter 3: The Same Subject Continued (Kirsten Ferreri)

Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 1 (Margaine)

Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 2 (Denny Sayers (d. 2015))

Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 3 (J. M. Smallheer)

Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 1 (Kirsten Ferreri)

Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 2 (Kirsten Ferreri)

Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 3 (Kirsten Ferreri)

Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity, Bordering On Contempt Part 4 (Kirsten Ferreri)

Chapter 6: The Effect Which an Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon the Character (Betsie Bush)

Chapter 7: Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, And Not As a Sexual Virtue (Samantha Hayes)

Chapter 8: Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of the Importance Of a Good Reputation (Cori Samuel)

Chapter 9: Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society (Jen Kidd)

Chapter 10: Parental Affection (Gesine)

Chapter 11: Duty to Parents (Maddie)

Chapter 12: On National Education (Denny Sayers (d. 2015))

Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 1 (Caitlin Kelly)

Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 2 (Caitlin Kelly)

The audiobook A Vindication of the Rights of Woman falls under the genres of *non-fiction, Philosophy. It is written by Mary Wollstonecraft.

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