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Quotation from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
“I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.”
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Ch. 4 (Project Gutenberg text)
Her reply to Rousseau's warning that women educated like men would lose their power over men.
Citation: "I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves." — Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Ch. 4 (Project Gutenberg text). (id vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-q5)
Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie (c. 1797), John Opie, Public domain.
