Which English writer argued that women outhg to have an education in her book from 1792?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should have an education. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in society, claiming that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children and because they could be "companions" to their husbands, rather than mere wives. Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, Wollstonecraft maintains that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men.
Elizabeth Avery Colton Elizabeth Avery Colton ( ; December 30, 1872 – August 24, 1924) was an educator and an advocate for women's colleges. She is best known for her publications on the improvement of women's colleges, such as "The Various Types of Southern Colleges for Women" and "Standards of Southern Colleges for Women." "The History of the American Association of University Women" honored Elizabeth Avery Colton for pioneering a new era for women's colleges.