Mary Wollstonecraft’s 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' argued that the Enlightenment ideals of liberty and equality should also apply to women, primarily through:
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Correct answer: The right to equal education
Wollstonecraft argued that women appeared inferior only because they lacked access to the same education as men. She contended that if reason is the basis of human rights, then all rational beings, including women, deserve those rights.
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