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Mary Wollstonecraft, feminist writer, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and other books. In her writings she often argues for wider educational opportunities for women.

Mary Wollstonecraft Legacy

An overview of the legacy, life, and work of England's early feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft. Part of a series of articles about the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft - Rights in the Air

Mary Wollstonecraft - the philosophical and literary circles of the Enlightenment which helped shape Wollstonecraft's ideas. Part of a series of articles about the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft - What Rights?

Mary Wollstonecraft: the arguments she makes in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Part of a series of articles about the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Mary Wollstonecraft - Grounded in Experience

Mary Wollstonecraft: she believed that experience shaped thought and development, and her own life is an example of that interplay. Her life and experience helped shape her ideas about women's rights and human rights. Part of a series of articles about the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.

About Mary Wollstonecraft

Short biography from your About Guide to Women's History.

Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes

Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

The Unsex'd Females

A poem, published in 1798 by Richard Polwhele, critical of Mary Wollstonecraft and other women writers.

A Famous Mother/Daughter Pair

Floramarie Deter, former Guide to Classic Literature, on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, two rebel spirits.

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