![]() ![]() She felt women’s liberty should matter to everyone and that there could only be true love if partners were equal. After educating herself with the help of a friend’s parent, she started a small school, rescued her sister from an abusive marriage, then set out to write her groundbreaking book.įor Wollstonecraft the crux of the problem was not women, but how men wanted women to be. ![]() From a young age, she was acutely aware of the inequalities between the sexes. ![]() Wollstonecraft, born in 1759, was the second of seven children of an alcoholic, physically abusive father and a remote unloving mother. Tragically, Wollstonecraft died ten days after giving birth to Shelley, but her legacy still managed to profoundly affect her daughter and ultimately the lives of millions of women.Ĭharlotte Gordon tells their story in Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley via a dual biography. ![]() An outspoken feminist, Wollstonecraft was also the mother of Mary Shelley, author of the infamous Frankenstein. If the feminist movement has one person to whom it owes its birthright, it’s Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. ![]()
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