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Quotation from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
“In fact, how can they, if virtue has only one eternal standard?”
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Ch. 2 (Project Gutenberg text)
Wollstonecraft argues that the virtues of women cannot differ in nature from those of men.
Citation: "In fact, how can they, if virtue has only one eternal standard?" — Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Ch. 2 (Project Gutenberg text). (id vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-q1)
Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie (c. 1797), John Opie, Public domain.
