This month’s engagement with Erika Bachiochi’s The Rights of Women ends with an intriguing conversation with CRCD executive director Trey Dimsdale and Erika on a wide range of topics including marriage, abortion, and the rights of women in the workplace.
It is well worth reflecting on the various reactions to Erika Bachiochi’s important book. In 2023, I reviewed The Rights of Women for Modern Age, observing that it was a bracing corrective to the contemporary feminist story that the right to abortion is the centerpiece of women’s flourishing. Other reviewers, however, perceived the book
The question of women’s rights has been a large part of the American mind since 1776 when Abigail Adams called upon her husband, John Adams, to “Remember the Ladies.” Remember that women are also citizens. Remember that women are also bound to obey and respect the laws. Remember that women
Mining the intellectual history of the cause of women’s rights can shed light on how a philosophical and political principle—equal citizenship for women—has morphed into something that nearly contradicts its original moral vision, a vision first fully articulated by English philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman more
