. . deeply rooted prejudices have clouded reason” (11). Mary Wollstonecraft’s quest to encourage women to understand the irrationality of their continual dependence on men persisted years after her death. Since writing this account of her quest to enact change in her society, the obstacles of the eighteenth-century were slowly defeated with the realization of both men and women that curiosity and thirst for knowledge are universal characteristics of all humanity. With an increase in the availability for education, women united and shared Wollstonecraft’s quest that women should not “have power over men; but over themselves”
. . deeply rooted prejudices have clouded reason” (11). Mary Wollstonecraft’s quest to encourage women to understand the irrationality of their continual dependence on men persisted years after her death. Since writing this account of her quest to enact change in her society, the obstacles of the eighteenth-century were slowly defeated with the realization of both men and women that curiosity and thirst for knowledge are universal characteristics of all humanity. With an increase in the availability for education, women united and shared Wollstonecraft’s quest that women should not “have power over men; but over themselves”