Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797)
English writer and philosopher best known for
her advocacy of women's rights;
foremother of feminist thought;
author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792);
married to philosopher William Godwin, one of the
forefathers of the anarchist movement;
she died after giving birth to their daughter, Mary, who
grew up to be Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
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Mary Wollstonecraft was a leading light in Women's Rights. Too bad we are still fighting that battle CENTURIES later. Bah!
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