Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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ゴドウィン, メアリ, 1759-1797

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Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797

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Cresswick, Mr., 1759-1797

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1759-04-27

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay (by whom she had a daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Wollstonecraft died at the age of 38, eleven days after giving birth to her second daughter, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts. This daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, became an accomplished writer herself, as Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. After Wollstonecraft's death, her widower published a Memoir (1798) of her life, revealing her unorthodox lifestyle, which inadvertently destroyed her reputation for almost a century. However, with the emergence of the feminist movement at the turn of the 20th century, Wollstonecraft's advocacy of women's equality and critiques of conventional femininity became increasingly important. Today Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and work as important influences.

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https://viaf.org/viaf/259041468

http://cbw.iath.virginia.edu/women_display.php?id=14979

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q101638

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n78095613

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