A Vindication of the
Rights of the Woman
(1792)

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Title (1792)

Introduction

Letter to M. Talleyrand-Perigord

Note

I

The rights and involved duties
of mankind considered

II

The prevailing opinion
of a sexual character discussed

III

The same subject continued

IV

Observations on the state of
degradation to which woman is reduced
by various causes

V

Animadversions on some of the writers
who have rendered women objects
of pity, bordering on contempt

VI

The effect which an early association
of ideas has upon the character

VII

Modesty - comprehensively considered,
and not as a sexual virtue

VIII

Moraly undermined by sexual notions
of the importance of a good reputation

IX

Of the pernicious effects
which arise from the unnatural distinctions
established in society

X

Parental affection

XI

Duty to parents

XII

On national education

XIII

Some instances of the folly
which the ignorance of women generates;
with concluding reflections on the moral improvement
that a revolution in female manners
might naturally be expected to produce