“To the Ladies” Answer these questions
- According to Lady Chudleigh, what is the difference between a wife and a servant?
- According to Lady Chudleigh, what is the immediate and lasting effect of the marriage contract?
- Lines 11–12, “Then but to look, to laugh, or speak, / Will the Nuptial Contract break,” imply that the husband feels —
- Chudleigh’s advice to women can be summed up in these words of advice: —
“from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” Answer these questions
- Wollstonecraft devotes the beginning of her introduction to the claim that women have been harmed by —
- What trait does Wollstonecraft hope to develop in women?
- What “law of nature” does Wollstonecraft accept?
- Which group of people does Wollstonecraft characterize in her statement “as a class of mankind they have the strongest claim to pity”?
- According to Wollstonecraft, people who are only the objects of pity and condescending love will eventually become objects of —
- For Wollstonecraft the first task of any human being, male or female, is to —
- According to Wollstonecraft, what is a result of the “artificial weakness” that is bred into women?
- Wollstonecraft concludes her introduction by pointing out that in the struggle for social power, the governing force will always be —
- What basic female roles does Wollstonecraft accept for women?
- What qualities are conventionally assigned to women according to Wollstonecraft?
