Question

i shall not go back to the remote annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman; it is sufficient to allow that she has always been either a slave, or a despot, and to remark, that each of these situations equally retards the progress of reason.
—mary wollstonecraft,
a vindication of the rights of woman,
1792
wollstonecraft includes the phrase \annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman\ to suggest that
○ women have always been treated unequally.
○ women have never wanted the chance to rule.
○ women once held a different role in society.
○ women no longer face problems of the past.

Explanation:

Wollstonecraft states that across all of history (the "annals of antiquity"), women have only been either oppressed ("a slave") or in an unbalanced, oppressive power role ("a despot"), both of which are unequal treatment that harms intellectual progress. The other options contradict her argument: she does not claim women rejected power, that their role was different, or that past issues are resolved.

Answer:

women have always been treated unequally.