Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

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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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creatorOf Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957,. Carl H. Pforzheimer collection of Shelley and his circle : manuscripts, 1772-1925 (bulk 1780-1850). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Abinger Papers, 1769-1937 Bodleian Library, Oxford
referencedIn Williams family. Papers, 1710-1895. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Papers, 1895?-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Letters to Hannah More, 1789-1795. Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
referencedIn Shelleyana collection, [ca. 1567-1954] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Ruth Fulton Benedict papers, 1905-1948. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Chaapel family. Chaapel family papers, 1852-1942, bulk 1874-1899. University of Michigan
referencedIn Leigh Hunt collection of papers, 1772-1883, 1813-1859 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Women in politics : typescript signed with holograph emendations : [Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England], [1944]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Rush family. Papers, 1748-1878. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Hering, Oliver, b. 1768. Oliver Hering correspondence, 1791-1850. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Chaapel family. Papers, 1852-1942, bulk 1874-1899. University of Michigan
referencedIn Coffin-Greenly, Elizabeth Brown, Lady, d. 1839. Diary, 1792-1823. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn William Godwin miscellany, 1803-1835 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911, and Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850–1937. Papers, 1833-1937 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940. Emma Goldman papers, 1905-1940 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Papers of Eleanor Flexner, 1895?-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Mary Wollstonecraft manuscript material : 49 items, 1773-1797 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Sanders, Marion K., 1905-1977. Papers, 1958-1975. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn New York Public Library. Manuscript guest-book for the Visionary Daughters of Albion exhibition at the New York Public Library, 1997 New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Papers, 1905-1948. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Mary Wollstonecraft letters, to Ruth B. Barlow, 1794 Feb.-May. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Porter, Anna Maria, 1780-1832. Verses by Anna Maria Porter, Thames-Ditton, Surrey [manuscript], [1799-1810]. Folger Shakespeare Library
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associatedWith Barlow, Ruth Baldwin, 1755-1818. person
associatedWith Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948. person
associatedWith Chaapel family. family
associatedWith Chaapel family. family
associatedWith Coffin-Greenly, Elizabeth Brown, Lady, d. 1839. person
associatedWith Dyson, George, d. 1822 person
associatedWith Eleanor Flexner, 1908- person
associatedWith Flexner, Eleanor, 1908-1995. person
associatedWith Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 person
associatedWith Gabell, Henry, 1764-1831 person
associatedWith Gardiner, Jane, of Beverley person
associatedWith Gisborne, Maria, 1770-1836 person
spouseOf Godwin, William, 1756-1836 person
associatedWith Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940. person
associatedWith Hays, Mary, 1759 or 1760-1843 person
associatedWith Hering, Oliver, b. 1768. person
associatedWith Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 person
associatedWith Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828 person
associatedWith Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809 person
associatedWith Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791 person
associatedWith Marshall, James, 1756? -1832 person
associatedWith Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853 person
associatedWith Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, person
associatedWith Porter, Anna Maria, 1780-1832. person
associatedWith Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson, 1825-1911 person
associatedWith Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 person
associatedWith Rush family. family
associatedWith Sanders, Marion K., 1905-1977. person
associatedWith Shattuck, Harriette Lucy Robinson, 1850-1937 person
associatedWith Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. person
parentOf Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 person
associatedWith Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. person
associatedWith Williams family. family
associatedWith Wollstonecraft, Everina, 1765-1841 person
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London ENG GB
Paris A8 FR
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Women's rights
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Birth 1759-04-27

Death 1797-09-10

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