To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. In… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
In the education of women, the cultivation of the understanding is always subordinate to the acquirement of some corporeal accomplishment. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience; but, as blind obedience is ever… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
... wealth and female softness equally tend to debase mankind! — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
To improve both sexes they ought, not only in private families, but in public schools, to be educated together. If marriage be… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
When any prevailing prejudice is attacked, the wise will consider, and leave the narrow-minded to rail with thoughtless vehemence at innovation. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty, than the most accomplished beauty!” — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot [...]” — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
