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Mary Wollstonecraft

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

April 27, 1759

Died

September 10, 1797

Genre

Politics, Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

Influences

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an eighteenth century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. Among the general public and specifically among feminists, Wollstonecraft's life has received much more attention than her writing because of her unconventional, and often tumultuous, personal relationships. After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay, Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement; they had one daughter, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Wollstonecraft died at the age of thirty-eight due to complications from childbirth, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts.

During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of ...more

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 34,578 ratings · 2,383 reviews · 453 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.92 avg rating — 26,902 ratings — published 1792 — 1606 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman 3.47 avg rating — 1,744 ratings — published 1788 — 845 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary / The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, Gary Kelly (Editor) 3.49 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark 3.53 avg rating — 1,045 ratings — published 1795 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Men & A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution by Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 809 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men by Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1790 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary: A Fiction 3.14 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1788 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary and Maria, Matilda by Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.54 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Men 3.77 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1790 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short Residence in Sweden / Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' by Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Richard Holmes (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 185 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft (?)

“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

tags: dignity, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, independence, power, women, women-s-rights

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“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft

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