Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"? (49th Special BCS)

This pioneering feminist text is a landmark in the history of women's rights and liberal thought. "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792): — Author: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) — Full name after marriage: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (she married philosopher William Godwin in 1797) — Published: 1792 — predating most feminist movements by a century — Significance: One of the earliest and most important works of feminist philosophy Core Argument: Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear so only because they lack proper education. She advocated for equal education rights for women and argued that the "virtue" society demanded of women was actually keeping them in servitude. Relationships that cause confusion: — Mary Wollstonecraft = author of the book — Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin = her married name (same person, option C) — Mary Shelley = her daughter (author of Frankenstein, 1818) — Claire Clairmont = Mary Shelley's stepsister Why option (C) is most correct: The question asks who wrote it — and her full married name was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which is the most complete form of identification. Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — Mary Wollstonecraft (1792); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.