If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.
Mary WollstonecraftAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: british
- Born: April 27, 1759
- Died: September 10, 1797
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