An enlightening insight into the perspectives of a late 18th Century middle class female thinker. There is much here that could be seen to inspire the generations to come, and to stand up for the authority of reason ahead of tradition. At the same time there is an intriguing tension between many views that might be considered the norm today, and some that feel very much of their era in their affirmation of a stratified perspective of how the sexes relate to each other. What frustrates about the work is that at time digression and embellishment sometimes make it a more difficult read than it could have been. Having said this it is till well worth the effort and provides a great example of how forward thinkers may in the future be judged for the dissonance in their work, rather than recognised for how their ground-breaking ideas formed our world, simply because we already assume and so don't notice much of what they advocate for.