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Mary Wollstonecraft

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

April 27, 1759

Died

September 10, 1797

Genre

Politics, Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

Influences

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an eighteenth century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. Among the general public and specifically among feminists, Wollstonecraft's life has received much more attention than her writing because of her unconventional, and often tumultuous, personal relationships. After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay, Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement; they had one daughter, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Wollstonecraft died at the age of thirty-eight due to complications from childbirth, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts.

During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of ...more

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 33,176 ratings · 2,205 reviews · 290 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 3.91 avg rating — 25,928 ratings — published 1792 — 1614 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman 3.46 avg rating — 1,647 ratings — published 1788 — 859 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary / The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, Gary Kelly (Editor) 3.49 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark 3.53 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 1795 — 206 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Men & A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution by Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men by Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1790 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary and Maria, Matilda by Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Janet Todd (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.53 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary: A Fiction 3.12 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1788 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Vindication of the Rights of Men 3.78 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1790 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short Residence in Sweden / Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' by Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Richard Holmes (Editor) 3.68 avg rating — 179 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft (?)

“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

tags: dignity, empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, independence, power, women, women-s-rights

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“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft

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Polls

August 2017 Old School Classic Poll

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 1826, 410 pages

56 votes, 18.1%

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 1895, 310 pages

53 votes, 17.2%

Henry VIII by William Shakespeare 1613, 352 pages

40 votes, 12.9%

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages

30 votes, 9.7%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

26 votes, 8.4%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

20 votes, 6.5%

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 1790, 269 pages

19 votes, 6.1%

The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley 1200, 782 pages

17 votes, 5.5%

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 1767, 784 pages

16 votes, 5.2%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages

11 votes, 3.6%

The Analects by Confucius -476, 249 pages

9 votes, 2.9%

Mysteries by Knut Hamsun 1892, 348 pages

7 votes, 2.3%

The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan 1405, 282 pages

5 votes, 1.6%

309 total votes

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