A vindication of the rights of woman

Author's introduction --

Dedicatory letter to M. Talleyrand-Périgord --

1. The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered --

2. The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed --

3. The Same Subject Continued --

4. Observations on the State of Degradation to which Woman is Reduced by Various Causes --

5. Animadversions on some of the Writers who have Rendered Women Objects of Pity, bordering on Contempt --

6. The Effect which an Early Association of Ideas has upon the Character --

7. Modesty--Comprehensively Considered, and not as a Sexual Virtue --

8. Morality Undermined by Sexual Notions of the Importance of a Good Reputation --

9. Of the Pernicious Effects which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society --

10. Parental Affection --

11. Duty to Parents --

12. On National Education --

13. Some Instances of the Folly which the Ignorance of Women Generates; with Concluding Reflections on the Moral Improvement that a Revolution in Female Manners Might Naturally be Expected to Produce.

To M. Talleyrand Perigord, late Bishop of Autun

The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind

The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed

The Same Subject Continued

Observations on the State of Degradation to Which Woman is Reduced by Various Causes

Animadversions on Some of the Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects of Pity, Bordering on Contempt

The Effect which an Early Association of Ideas Has upon the Character

Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, And Not as a Sexual Virtue

Morality Undermined by Sexual Notions of the Importance of a Good Reputation

Of the Pernicious Effects which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society

Parental Affection

Duty to Parents

On Natural Education

Some Instances of the Folly which the Ignorance of Women Generates; with Concluding Reflections on the Moral Improvement that a Revolution in Female Manners may Naturally be Expected to Produce.