Question

wollstonecraft is best known for a vindication of the rights of women (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. she suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings (people able to use reason) and imagines a society founded entirely on reason. rousseau famously argued in his work emile (1762) that women should be educated for the pleasure of men; wollstonecraft was infuriated (angry) by this argument and attacked the idea and rousseau himself. she claimed that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children. instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, wollstonecraft argued that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men. what did wollstonecraft argue about women? how did she react to the ideas of rousseau?

Explanation:

Wollstonecraft argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but lack education. She thought both men and women are rational beings and women are essential to the nation for child - rearing and deserve equal fundamental rights. She was infuriated by Rousseau's view that women should be educated for men's pleasure and attacked his idea.

Answer:

What did Wollstonecraft argue about women? - She argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, they lack education, are rational beings, essential for child - rearing and deserve equal fundamental rights.
How did she react to the ideas of Rousseau? - She was infuriated and attacked his idea that women should be educated for the pleasure of men.