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      Mothers and independent citizens: making sense of Wollstonecraft's supposed essentialism

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      Author(s)
      Berges, S.
      Date
      2013
      Source Title
      Philosophical Papers
      Print ISSN
      0556-8641
      Publisher
      UniSA Press
      Volume
      42
      Issue
      3
      Pages
      259 - 284
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women must be independent citizens, but that they cannot be that unless they fulfill certain duties as mothers. This is problematic in a number of ways, as argued by Laura Brace in a 2000 article. However, I argue that if we understand Wollstonecraft's concept of independence in a republican, rather than a liberal context, and at the same time pay close attention to her discussion of motherhood, a feminist reading of Wollstonecraft is not only possible but enriching. I will attempt to show, in particular, that the seeds of a feminist argument for co-parenting are to be found in the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
      Keywords
      Wollstonecraft
      Independent citizens
      Mothers
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/13029
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2013.854025
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