Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes about Husband

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Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Husband, Father, Women

Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.412

Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Husband, Intellect, Degrading

1792 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, introduction.

To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mother, Children, Husband

Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.188, Booklassic