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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (pronounced /ˈwʊlstən.krɑːft/; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason.

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English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

Born 27 April 1759
Died 10 September 1797

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  • Cover of: A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects
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    Cover of edition rightsofwomansub0000woll Cover of edition wollrichvindicationofrig00 Cover of edition vindicationofrig00wollrich Cover of edition vindicationofrig00woll Cover of edition vindicationofrig00wolliala Cover of edition vindicationofright00woll Cover of edition avindicationrig01wollgoog Cover of edition isbn_0393003736 Cover of edition vindicationofrig0000woll_o0d5 First published in 1792 — 309 editions
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  • Cover of: Mary and the Wrongs of Women (World's Classics)
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    Cover of edition mariaorwrongsofw00woll First published in 1799 — 265 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
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    Cover of edition letterswrittendu00wolliala Cover of edition letterswrittendu00wollrich Cover of edition letterswrittendu0000woll Cover of edition letterswrittendu0000woll_i9f7 Cover of edition letterswrittendu0000woll_z2f7 First published in 1796 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Mary Wollstonecraft

    First published in 1989 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Mary: and, The wrongs of woman
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    First published in 1788 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Original stories from real life: with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness.
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    First published in 1788 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Political Writings: A Vindication of the Rights of Men, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, an historical and moral view of the French Revolution
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    Cover of edition vindicationofrig0000woll_y0k6 Cover of edition vindicationofrig0000woll_k0n1 Cover of edition vindicationofrig0000woll_y3s4 First published in 1790 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Thoughts on the education of daughters, with reflections on female conduct in the more important duties of life
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    Cover of edition thoughtsoneducat0000woll First published in 1787 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

    First published in 2002 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on moral and political subjects

    First published in 1792 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Posthumous works of the author of A vindication of the rights of woman.
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    First published in 1798 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The Rights of Woman
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    First published in 1929 — 7 editions
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    First published in 2009 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: The British Tradition
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  • Cover of: The love letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay
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    Cover of edition cu31924079605659 First published in 1908 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Mary Wollstonecraft: letters to Imlay
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    Cover of edition marywollstonecra0000woll First published in 1879 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

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  • Cover of: Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

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English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

Born 27 April 1759
Died 10 September 1797

Subjects

Women, Women's rights, Early works to 1800, Correspondence, Feminists, History, English Authors, Education, Feminism, Social and moral questions, Wollstonecraft, mary, 1759-1797, Causes, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Description and travel, Fiction, Liberty, English Women authors, Social conditions, Biography, Conduct of life, English literature, Women, education, great britain, English Didactic fiction, Human rights, Literary collections

Places

Great Britain, France, Scandinavia, England, Araby, Araby bazaar, Delaware, North Richmond Street, Wilmington, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden

People

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Gilbert Imlay (1754?-1828?), Mangan's sister, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Edmund Burke (1729?-1797), Fran©ʹois Rabelais (approximately 1490-1553?), Fran©ʹois de La Rochefoucauld (1558-1645), Fran©ʹois de Salignac de La Mothe- F©♭nelon (1651-1715), Gilbert Imlay, Helen Maria Williams (1762-1827), Honor©♭-Gabriel de Riqueti Mirabeau comte de (1749-1791), Jean Racine (1639-1699), Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet marquis de (1743-1794), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal S©♭vign©♭ marquise de (1626-1696), Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), Moli©·re (1622-1673), Nicolas Boileau Despr©♭aux (1636-1711), Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), Roland Mme (1754-1793), Sta©±l Madame de (1766-1817), Voltaire (1694-1778)

Time

18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY, 1759-1797.
  • MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  • Wollstonecraft Mary
  • Godwin, Mary formerly Wollstonecraft
  • Mary Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Afterwards Godwin Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Wollstonecraft
  • Mary 1759-1797 Wollstonecraft
  • mary wollstonecraft
  • Wollstonecraft Mary 1759-1797

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December 18, 2024 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten GND, LC
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