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
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Wollstonecraft catalogs the specific follies — vanity, sentimental novel-reading, idle accomplishments, blind obedience — that ignorance breeds in women, then closes with her peroration: reason, not force, is the only legitimate ground for any duty women owe.
Catalog of follies bred by ignoranceSentimental novels and idle accomplishmentsClosing appeal to reason as the ground of rightsA hoped-for revolution in female manners