from her book as “the most indecentrhapsody that ever was penned by man or women” (Ferguson 72).Her writings brought on much criticism because the people of her time were not accustomed to such radical ideas, such as women’s rights. Her unselfish willingness to take a stand and voice her personal opinion on the wrongs of society, which brought about many negative consequences upon her herself, is why her writings were so effective in bringing on the feminist movement throughout the civilized world. Wollstonecraft was a strong minded individual who simply put forth her thoughts and stood by them. Her romantic ideas seemed to be criticized only by those who had not and virtually could not experience the injustices in society of which Wollstonecraft wrote about.Mary’s experiences in life definitely contributed to the radical ideas thatwere expressed in her book. If not for her horrible childhood anduncomfortable life, she might have never been able to achieve such goals. Wollstonecraft was able to overcome the beating of her mother and sister, death of a close friend, and even attempted suicide only to turn it into something positive and fight for what she felt was right. Her work, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, is a very powerful statement of what she believes the rights and role of a women should be. Way ahead of her time, Mary’s work discussed in detail viewpoints that are now considered normal, and that in today’s society would be viewed as chauvinistic. How is it that women were so sadly looked down on when this particular woman was so extremely advanced for her time? She may have received criticism on her book, but her writings were persuasive enough to affect the views of women and eventually men for many years to come....
