Mary Woolstonecroft is now regarded as one of the founding feminist
philosophers, and her writings are a key voice in a feminist
conversation that still continues today. Writing in a time when men
were asserting their rights in revolutions in America and France,
Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence
in 1792. Passionate, eloquent and forthright, A Vindication of the
Rights of Woman launched a scathing attack on the understanding of
women - as docile, domestic figures - and instead laid out the tenets
for a new vision. An equal education for girls and boys, an end to
prejudice and a chance for women to become defined by their profession,
not their partner, were all some of Wollstonecraft's ideas. Whereas
Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received at the time with a mixture
of admiration and outrage, she is now rightly viewed as a powerful
matriarch of modern feminism.
This book is part of a range of highly designed fiction and non-fiction
classics. With bold, eye-catching graphic covers by Evi O Studio, this
collection aims to introduce a selection of the most celebrated works of
the last thousand years to a new audience. Featuring tales of adventure,
fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, feminist writings, and
reflections on art, politics, philosophy and the origins of man, this is
a small, wide-reaching and essential collection.
Evi O Studio is led by Evi, a designer with over 10 years' industry
experience. She has worked as a designer at Penguin Books, and her work
has won a number of publishing and design awards, including Young
Designer of the Year and Book of the Year. Evi is also a well-known
artist, exhibiting her abstract paintings regularly in Sydney and
Melbourne.
