In the book “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” Mary Wollstonecraft rejects the notion that women are “fascinating graces.” Instead, she wishes to persuade women to “acquire strength, both of mind and body” and to want to be treated as rational creatures (Wollstonecraft, para. 7).

After reading “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” I agree with multiple points that Mary Wollstonecraft made. The main point that I agree with is that women deserve to have an education. I believe that when women are educated, they open new opportunities for themselves. There is proof of this because we are currently seeing that more women are going to college to acquire higher education. I am a part of that number as well as many of the ladies in our class.

I continue to agree with Mary until she says that “if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue” (Wollstonecraft, para. 1). My disagreement continues when Mary continues to say that women need to be educated in order to be good mothers. I don’t think that women need education to attract men and be good mothers. Women are already great by themselves.

Now, I don’t know if Mary actually agrees with those thoughts or if she had to come up with a comprise but I hope it is the latter option.  What do you think? I believe that Mary Wollstonecraft’s thoughts were very advanced for her time which makes her an outlier. While I think that her thinking is advanced, I don’t think that Wollstonecraft would fully embrace all of the rights that women should have.