A-Z: General definitions: Mary Wollstonecraft

Definition

(1759 - 1797) Eighteen century English writer and philosopher and a feminist pioneer, advocating women's rights and equality. Mother of the future Mary Shelley, from whose childbirth she died.

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie

Related Topics

 Political radicalism and feminism

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