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.
Wait. WHAT?
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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!
ReplyDeleteShe may not have known her, but the younger Mary inherited the older Mary's brains.
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