A
Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)
When Edmund Burke's pen pours forth poison against revolution, decency,
and the good Mr.
Richard Price, our Ms. W. is Mary-on-the-spot, sending the pompous
politician packing with this priceless production, perhaps the first reply
to Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France."
Chapter
I
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THE RIGHTS AND INVOLVED DUTIES OF MANKIND CONSIDERED
Chapter
II
THE PREVAILING OPINION OF A SEXUAL CHARACTER DISCUSSED
Chapter
III
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
Chapter
IV
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF DEGRADATION TO WHICH WOMAN IS REDUCED
BY VARIOUS CAUSES
Chapter
V
ANIMADVERSIONS ON SOME OF THE WRITERS WHO HAVE RENDERED WOMEN OBJECTS
OF PITY, BORDERING ON CONTEMPT
Chapter
VI
THE EFFECT WHICH AN EARLY ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS HAS UPON THE CHARACTER
Chapter
VII
MODESTY--COMPREHENSIVELY CONSIDERED, AND NOT AS A SEXUAL VIRTUE
Chapter
VIII
MORALITY UNDERMINED BY SEXUAL NOTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD REPUTATION
Chapter
IX
OF THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS WHICH ARISE FROM THE UNNATURAL DISTINCTIONS
ESTABLISHED IN SOCIETY
Chapter
X and XI
PARENTAL AFFECTION
DUTY TO PARENTS
Chapter
XII
ON NATIONAL EDUCATION
Chapter
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