Mary Wollstonecraft (related figure)

Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century British philosopher and advocate for women's rights. She is best known for her work "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792), where she argued that women should have equal education and opportunities as men, emphasizing rationality and individual dignity. Wollstonecraft challenged traditional views that saw women as inherently inferior and urged society to recognize women’s potential for reason and moral development. Her ideas laid important groundwork for the feminist movement, inspiring later efforts toward gender equality.