Mary Wollstonecraft, born during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, is one of the most prominent feminists in women's history. Her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman led her to become one of the first feminists to advocate for women's rights. Born in a time when women's education was neither important nor important, Wollstonecraft was raised with very little education. However, events in her life pushed her to begin writing, such as the way her father, Edward John Wollstonecraft, treated her mother, "in a state of weary servitude" (Kries, Steven)1. In 1792, she published Vindication on the Rights of Woman, which is one of the most influential feminist works to date. This book is seen as a response to the male-dominated society's view on the role of women in society. Wollstonecraft states that lack or neglect of education is the main cause of female misery. Due to lack of education (the behavior and manners of women actually obviously prove that their minds are not healthy...strength and usefulness are sacrificed for beauty) 2. Because education is the basis for achieving basic rights equal to men, as Wollstonecraft describes, women in today's modern society should support the feminist movement in order to achieve the same basic rights as men; Education about one's potential and one's rights is essential to achieve self-respect and revive one's self-image, which would allow women to have a dynamic place in society, on the same basis as men. The erroneous thought that beauty trumps education is imputed (a false system of education, collected from the book written on this subject by men who, considering females rather as women than human creatures) 2 .In order to understand the...... middle of paper ......en, their minds and the minds of future generations will be stimulated. Their brain will have the capacity to learn many things ranging from simple puzzles to abstract thoughts. By educating men and women equally, they will better understand their children's development and the world issues they will affect in the future.Works Cited1. Kreis, Steven. Mary Wollstonecraft [Internet]. 2000. [cited April 15, 2012] Available at: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html2. Wollstonecraft, Marie. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Internet] 1792. [cited April 15, 2012] Available at: http://www.bartleby.com/144/3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848 [Internet]. 1889. [cited April 15, 2012] Available at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/senecafalls.asp