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Seen as one of the foremothers of modern day feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft set a precedent when she described the institution of marriage as being a type of legal prostitution. She went on to say in her book Vindication of the Rights of Woman that equal education for women was the only remedy for this grave injustice perpetrated against them, and education for women would actually strengthen the institution of marriage. Set as an argument for the betterment of womankind's deplorable situation in the late 1700s, Wollstonecraft's book is an influential and fascinating study of history, psychology, philosophy, and feminism.
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