“Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.” Mary Wollstonecraft this was stated to identify the problem that a woman is judged solely on her beauty. Women weren’t valued for their intelligence. Women in the 18th century were inferior to men and didn’t have a large role--if any-- in the government. A woman was to get married young and have children. She didn’t get a job and was expected to cook and clean. If a woman wasn’t beautiful or her family didn’t have lots of riches then she was worthless. Mary Wollstonecraft believed that being intelligent was more important than being good looking. She believed that it is a woman’s duty as