International Women’s Day.

Written By Libby Hart

I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves.

—Mary Wollstonecraft

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), first published by the radical London bookseller and publisher, Joseph Johnson.

Photography by Markus Spiske.

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is an Australian poet who writes about the living world and the human experience. Her books include Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic. She is the editor of My Name Suspended in the Air, a centenary celebration of the Irish writer, Leland Bardwell.

https://libbyhartpoet.com
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