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Janet Todd considers Mary Wollstonecraft alongside other Enlightenment thinkers. She places her passionate belief in feminism in the context of a broader belief in social reform.

Series exploring the work of philosopher, writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.

Distinguished scholar Janet Todd considers Wollstonecraft alongside other great thinkers of the Enlightenment. She places her passionate belief in feminism within the context of a broader, radical belief in social reform, from state politics to inheritance, slavery, land ownership, capitalism and education.

Reader: Tessa Nicholson.

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Mon 23 Nov 2009 23:00

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