Track	Section	Reader	Length
1	Brief Sketch of the life of Mary Wollstonecraft (incl. letter)	Alex Foster	15:58
2	Author's Introduction	Kristen McQuillin	11:32
3	Chapter 1: The Rights and Involved Duties Of Mankind Considered	David Barnes	23:27
4	Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion Of a Sexual Character Discussed	Carl Manchester	52:37
5	Chapter 3 The Same Subject Continued	Nan O'Malley	46:48
6	Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 1	Margaine	27:37
7	Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 2	Denny Sayers	27:02
8	Chapter 4: Observations On the State Of Degradation To Which Woman Is Reduced By Various Causes Part 3	J. M. Smallheer	26:07
9	Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity Bordering On Contempt Part 1	Kirsten Ferreri	42:30
10	Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity Bordering On Contempt Part 2	Kirsten Ferreri	23:44
11	Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity Bordering On Contempt Part 3	Kirsten Ferreri	15:09
12	Chapter 5: Animadversions On Some Of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women As Objects Of Pity Bordering On Contempt Part 4	Kirsten Ferreri	24:18
13	Chapter 6: The Effect Which an Early Association Of Ideas Has Upon the Character	Betsie Bush	19:21
14	Chapter 7: Modesty Comprehensively Considered And Not As a Sexual Virtue	Samantha Hayes	27:20
15	Chapter 8: Morality Undermined By Sexual Notions Of the Importance Of a Good Reputation	Cori Samuel	31:33
16	Chapter 9: Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinctions Established	Nan O'Malley	35:17
17	Chapter 10: Parental Affection	Gesine	8:02
18	Chapter 11: Duty to Parents	Maddie	15:45
19	Chapter 12: On National Education	Denny Sayers	1:14:44
20	Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 1	Caitlin Kelly	27:25
21	Chapter 13: Some Instances Of the Folly Which the Ignorance of Women Generates Part 2	Caitlin Kelly	30:46

Production
Running time: 10 hours and 5 minutes
Book Coordinator: Alex Foster
Meta Coordinator: Gesine

Artwork
Cover: Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft, date unknown, by John Williamson
Inset: Frontispiece to American edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Inset: Half-portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft, after a painting by John Opie, stipple engraving by James Heath
Insert: Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft, c. 1790-1791, by John Opie. Tate Britain.

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In 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft published “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” in which she made the case for girls receiving the same education as boys. She illuminates her reasoning by sheding light on the undeniable fact that women raise the children, and an educated mother means smarter children, this benefiting a stronger society. Her claims for women's rights were stated in moral terms as imperative if civilization is to continue. Her ideas were quite popular until aspects of her personal history came out in an autobiography published after her death at 39. This essay continued to influence and become the foundation for all the women's movements that have evolved over the last two hundred years.

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Item Info
EAN - DVD case	0686175924039
EAN - CD jacket	0686175924046
Media	MP3 CD
Package	DVD Case
Author	Mary Wollstonecraft (1757 - 1797)
Year	1792
Recording
Read by	Multiple readers
Length	10 hours and 5 minutes
Type of Reading	Collaborative