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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

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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: 3.84 · 31,784 ratings · 1,972 reviews · 164 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.91 avg rating — 24,989 ratings — published 1792 — 1609 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 3.44 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 1788 — 868 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) 3.48 avg rating — 1,140 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 3.56 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 1795 — 214 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 — 795 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) 3.91 avg rating — 381 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 and Maria, Matilda by Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.53 avg rating — 386 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
	Mary: A Fiction 3.12 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1788 — 59 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 3.76 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1790 — 42 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 & The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria (2 in 1) by Mary Wollstonecraft, Anne K. Mellor, Noelle Chao 3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1792 — 10 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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What should be our September Non-Fiction Group Read? (Feminism/Gender Studies)

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

19 votes 25.0%

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

13 votes 17.1%

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees

10 votes 13.2%

The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work by Germaine Greer

9 votes 11.8%

Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

7 votes 9.2%

Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks

5 votes 6.6%

The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction by Emily Martin

5 votes 6.6%

The Female Experience: An American Documentary by Gerda Lerner

4 votes 5.3%

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein

4 votes 5.3%

76 total votes

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