Mary Wollstonecraft: Contribution Towards Education

Abstract

Mary Wollstonecraft, an English writer of the 18th century famous for her educational and social philosophy. She perceived education as improvement of the individual and improvement of the social order. The study helps us to know about the writings, thoughts and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft on the field of modern education. The study also helps us to know about the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft on women’s rights. Statement of the problem has been entitled as “Mary Wollstonecraft: Contribution towards Education”. The objective of the study is to discuss about the contribution of Mary Wollstonecraft on the field of education. In this study the investigator used descriptive technique and secondary sources of data like journals, books, etc. to fulfill the present study. Wollstonecraft's vision of the perfect education was one that developed virtue and independence. In her writings, mainly Thoughts On the Education of Daughters(1787), Vindication of the Rights of Woman(1792), Mary: A Fiction(1788), and Maria or The Wrongs of A Woman(1798), Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates her principles for educating women.