The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed

Personally, it was difficult for me to read this whole article by Mary Wollstonecraft. But what I got out of it was that she believes that women deserve a right to an education and should be treated just as men are. That both sexes were made equally and should be treated as such. What I liked about the article is that throughout it, Wollstonecraft stayed on the same topic and continued with what Rousseau had said in a previous article or book. Also, because she stayed on the same or similar topic(s), I agreed with most of the points she made when she dissagreed with Rousseau's statements. When Wollstonecraft included, "Rousseau declares that a woman should never...feel herself independent..." I completely thought that was unreasonable. Even though this article was written in the 1700s, I was still shocked by the things that Rousseau would state about women. Why shouldn't women have the right to be indepenent?
I give Wollstonecraft much credit for writing this article because I can't imagine that it wasn't frowned upon in that time for a woman to write about what she thought was right. Although I enjoyed reading this article, I felt like the author rambled on. I thought her sentances were well thought, but I also think that she could've shortened them much more. Altogether, this was a great article in my opinion and I'm glad that the author stood up for what she thought was right or she thought needed to be said. Do we not need more female leaders in not only the present, but the future?