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Book/Printed Material A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects

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[ Susan B. Anthony Collection copy ]

About this Item

Title

  • A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects

Names

  • Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
  • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, former owner
  • Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Printed at Boston, by Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-street. 1792.

Headings

  • -  Women--Social conditions
  • -  Women's rights--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  At end of book: End of first volume.
  • -  LC copy annotated.
  • -  ESTC W2450
  • -  Evans 25054
  • -  Inscribed in unknown hand: Samuel Porter 2d, July 28th 1804.
  • -  Inscribed by Anthony: Presented to Susan B. Anthony by Maria G. Porter, Rochester N.Y. August 1881. This was published in 1792.
  • -  Further Inscribed: Presented to the Library of Congress by a great admirer of this earliest word for women's Right to Equality of rights ever penned by a woman. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said "A Wholesome discontent is the first step toward progress." And here in 1892 (sic) we have the first step--so thinks Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y. Jan. 1. 1904.
  • -  Inscribed by Anthony on separate slip of paper, stamped by Library Jan 2, 1904: These two books are The memories of Mary Wollstonecraft by Goodwin (sic)--and the Vindication of the rights of woman--the latter written 1792 the former in 1804. S. B. A.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-08-06 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-07-07 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-08-19 update (1 card)

Medium

  • xvi, [17]-340 p. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1596 .W6 1792a

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 15011328

OCLC Number

  • 1935095

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Wollstonecraft, Mary, Susan B Anthony, and Susan B. Anthony Collection. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Printed at Boston, by Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-street, 1792. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/15011328/.

APA citation style:

Wollstonecraft, M., Anthony, S. B. & Susan B. Anthony Collection. (1792) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Printed at Boston, by Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-street. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/15011328/.

MLA citation style:

Wollstonecraft, Mary, Susan B Anthony, and Susan B. Anthony Collection. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Printed at Boston, by Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-street, 1792. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/15011328/>.