A vindication of the rights of woman

Introduction

Biographical sketch

Author's introduction

Dedicatory letter to M. Talleyrand-Perigord late Bishop of Autun

Note

Rights and involved duties of mankind considered

Prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed

Same subject continued

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

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

Effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character

Modesty-comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue

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

Pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society

Parental affection

Duty to parents

National education

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

Endnotes

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