Mary Wollstonecraft, born during the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, is one of the most important feminists in women's history. Her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman led her to become an early feminist, advocating for women's rights. Born in a time when female education was neither prominent nor important, Wollstonecraft grew up with very little education. However, events in her life influenced her to begin writing, such as the way her father, Edward John Wollstonecraft, treated her mother, "reducing her to a state of weary servitude" (Kries, Steven)1. In 1792 she published Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the most important feminist works to date. This book is considered to be a response to the male-dominated society's opinion on the role of women in society. Wollstonecraft states that the lack or abandonment of education is the main cause of female poverty. Due to the lack of education, (the behaviors and ways of women, in fact, evidently demonstrate that their minds are not healthy...strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty) 2. Because education is the basis for achieving fundamental rights equal to that of men as Wollstonecraft describes, women in today's modern society should support the feminist movement to achieve the same fundamental rights as men; education about one's potential and rights is vital to achieving self-respect and reviving the self-image that would enable women to have a dynamic place in society similar to men. It is blamed on out-of-the-box thinking that beauty surpasses education (a false system of education, collected from the book written on this topic by men who, considering females rather women than human creatures) 2. To understand t.. .... middle of paper ......en, their minds and the minds of future generations will be stimulated. Their brain will have the ability 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 that will affect them in the future. Works Cited1. Creis, Steven. Mary Wollstonecraft [Internet]. 2000. [cited April 15, 2012] Available from: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html2. Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [Internet] 1792. [cited 15 April 2012] Available from: http://www.bartleby.com/144/3. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848 [Internet]. 1889. [cited April 15, 2012] Available from: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/senecafalls.asp