Q: im doing an article about how i would feel if i was in the 1700's and i just found out that we now have freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly. i want to include the ppll that fought for these rights but i forgot my txtbook and i dont know all the names. can u plz give me the names of the ppll who fought for these rights? and if you have any suggestions i should put in my article plz tell me. thank you!!!
A: How about Mary Wollstonecraft, author of the highly controversial (at the time) book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. When you consider that her book (one of many) was one of the first books on feminism, she was advocating not just freedom of speech for women, but also for their right to be recognized as equal human beings. This was a big step in 1792!