Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft was an eighteenth-century British writer and philosopher whose work championed women's rights and equality. Despite a tumultuous personal life that often overshadowed her literary contributions, Wollstonecraft left a lasting legacy. In her most renowned work, she argued that women are not naturally inferior but merely disadvantaged by a lack of education. Her vision centered on reason and the rational treatment of both sexes, establishing her as a foundational feminist philosopher.