Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and philosopher, 1759 to 1797

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Argued in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman that women are not naturally inferior and only appear so for lack of education, a founding text of feminism.

Mary Wollstonecraft sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and leaning state-led on economy. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Mary Wollstonecraft sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Mary Wollstonecraft

Harvey Milk American gay-rights politician, 1930 to 197899%Olympe de Gouges French playwright and feminist, 1748 to 179399%Jon Stewart American comedian and commentator99%Ta-Nehisi Coates American author and journalist98%Susan B. Anthony American suffragist, 1820 to 190698%Colin Kaepernick American football player and activist98%Andrew Yang American entrepreneur and 2020 presidential candidate97%Bruce Springsteen American singer-songwriter97%

People furthest from Mary Wollstonecraft

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17157%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present7%Joseph de Maistre Savoyard counter-revolutionary thinker, 1753 to 18218%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)8%

Political views closest to Mary Wollstonecraft

ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.98%Liberal feminismPursues gender equality through law, education and equal access to jobs and politics…98%Basic income movementArgues that every citizen should receive a regular, unconditional payment to end poverty…97%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…97%

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