One of the founders of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, died on this day 10th September exactly 223 years ago. For our first episode, we are celebrating her life and her struggle for women’s rights with this extract from her most famous work, the Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792. Enjoy.

You can read the rest of the extract here: https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111wollstone.htm.