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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Follies of Ignorance, and Concluding Reflections
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Wollstonecraft opens the chapter by attacking women who pay 'cunning men' to have their 'nativities cast.' What does she say this proves?
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That women are naturally more spiritually attuned than men
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That even wealthy, seemingly refined women have not cultivated their minds enough to rise above vulgar superstition
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That astrology is a legitimate science worth studying
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That fortune-tellers should be licensed by the church
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