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Women had always had fewer opportunities in work and education, but it was starting to be challenged. Mary Wollstonecraft of Britain wanted to be independent so she wrote Vindication of the Rights of Man in support of the French Revolution to show just how knowledgeable she was. She then wrote Vindication of the Rights of Women, which said that it was only fair for women to get equal education to men. Even though it was unheard of, Wollstonecraft said women could manage business or engage in politics and she inspired people all over Europe. Her work marks the birth of the women’s rights movement, which shows that a new special interest group was forming as women received more education. McKay, John P, et al. __A History of Western Societies__. Boston, Massachusetts. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.
 * __Mary Wollstonecraft__**