Analysis Of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women

“I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body” (par 1). With one quote, Mary Wollstonecraft summarized her purpose for writing, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”, by persuasively using rhetorical appeals, modes of discourse, and rhetorical devices to argue why women should better themselves. Wollstonecraft used rhetorical appeals, namely Ethos, many times throughout the paper. “My own sex” (par 1). By acknowledging that she is a woman, she gained credibility to write about the sexism towards women. “Women are, in fact, so much degraded by mistaken notions of female excellence” (par 8). During this time period, women dealt with bigotry and chauvinism every second of the day. Process/Analysis is one of