Mary Wollstonecraft

"The most perfect education would not make a woman man-like, but would make her a true woman."

"All the arts that men indulge in to seduce women are refinements on the art of tyranny."

"When the mind is not cultivated, it becomes the prey of prejudice."

"I plead for my sex, not for myself."

"The inequality of women has been the source of half the wretchedness of the world."

"Make women rational creatures and free citizens, and they will thenceforward insist on their rights as members of society."

"Contentment and resignation are often mingled with patience, but they are not the same thing."

"The false system of education leaves women unprepared for the duties of life."

"In order to have virtue, women must be educated, and to be educated, they must be treated as rational beings."

"The weakness of women has been made a source of strength by men who employ it to keep them in subjection."

"Women are so well aware of the necessity of that appearance, that every woman of any fashion makes the beauty of her skin her principal study."

"Let women share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man."

"The most unhappy circumstance is when women lose the power of earning their own bread."

"Wise women will not submit tamely to unjust laws."

"To be rational, to live according to reason, is the whole of virtue."

"Women have been denied the education that would allow them to become independent thinkers."

"The subordination of women has corrupted both sexes equally."

"A woman's happiness must depend on her own exertions and the esteem of her equals."

"If women be educated for dependence, that is, to act as a man's upper servant, let her not complain of her oppressor."

"The man who can think deeply will naturally despise the frivolous pursuits of women."