A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

What is her view of monarchy? from "vindication of the rights of women".

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Mary Wollstonecraft was not a fan of the monarchy. She felt it was part of the patriarchal establishment. Reason has been mixed with error through the course of mankind, so it is necessary to look at how deeply rooted prejudices have clouded reason and how reason is used to justify such prejudices. Wollstonecraft wonders if the bulk of the people of Europe have received anything in exchange for their innocence. The desire for wealth and power has overwhelmed mankind. There is such wretchedness that flows from "hereditary honours, riches, and monarchy, that men of lively sensibility have almost uttered blasphemy in order to justify the dispensation of providence."

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