biography
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Wollstonecraft, Mary
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married name Godwin
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pronunciation:
[wulstonkraft]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1759–97)
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| biography:
| Feminist and educationist, born in London, UK. After working as a teacher and governess, she became a translator and literary adviser. In 1787 she published Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, and in 1792 she wrote Vindication of the Rights of Woman, advocating equality of the sexes. She was in Paris during the French Revolution where she married Gilbert Imlay (1754–1828), and had a daughter, Fanny. He lost interest in the relationship and she tried to kill herself twice. She recovered and eventually married William Godwin in 1797, and died of blood-poisoning in London 11 days after giving birth to a daughter, Mary (later, Mary Shelley). |
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