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Wollstonecraft’s Romantic Plight: to Render Women More Equal to Men
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Joe Bohn ENG344W-01 Prof. Hubbell October 2, 2000 Wollstonecraft's Romantic Plight: to Render Women More Equal to Men In the late 18th century, the rise of industrialization led to an increasingly unbalanced division of powers between the privileged and less privileged social classes. Agriculture no longer dominated the British economy, and masses were forced to abandon their country homes in search of city jobs. The impersonal nature of the new employer/employee relationships spawned widespread feelings of powerlessness and alienation. In the midst of these circumstances, Britain was ripe for romantic poets to step forth and attack the various forms of corruption by means of prose and poetry. One such poet, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) sought to expose the corruption and inequality resulting from "inherited privileges" and "false refinements," particularly with regard to the female gender. (MM 9-28) Wollstonecraft wrote her "Vindication on the Rights of Woman" during a six-week stretch in 1792. She was at...
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