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Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
Why do we still read her writings?
What did you know about her before you did the reading for today?
What do you know about her now?
Did Mary Wollstonecraft, Everina Wollstonecraft, and their friend Fanny Blood make the right decision to help Bess Wollstonecraft escape from her marriage?
Do you agree with Lyndall Gordon that the young Wollstonecraft was a genius in the making? If not, what evidence would you need to be persuaded?
What is coverture?
What is primogeniture?
What is a dowry?
How difficult was it to get a divorce in eighteenth-century England?
How were these four eighteenth-century legal practices harmful to women in particular?
What is patriarchy?
What is the difference between the descriptive and the normative use of the term patriarchy? Why does this distinction matter for political theory?

Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Botting, E. H. (2007, January 28). January 16th. Retrieved November 22, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/political-science/mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley/discussion-questions/january-16th. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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	Info January 16th Document Actions Who is Mary Wollstonecraft? Why do we still read her writings? What did you know about her before you did the reading for today? What do you know about her now? Did Mary Wollstonecraft, Everina Wollstonecraft, and their friend Fanny Blood make the right decision to help Bess Wollstonecraft escape from her marriage? Do you agree with Lyndall Gordon that the young Wollstonecraft was a genius in the making? If not, what evidence would you need to be persuaded? What is coverture? What is primogeniture? What is a dowry? How difficult was it to get a divorce in eighteenth-century England? How were these four eighteenth-century legal practices harmful to women in particular? What is patriarchy? What is the difference between the descriptive and the normative use of the term patriarchy? Why does this distinction matter for political theory? Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Botting, E. H. (2007, January 28). January 16th. Retrieved November 22, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/political-science/mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley/discussion-questions/january-16th. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.