Mary Wollstonecraft
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
I FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS
I WAS A NOVELIST, I THOUGHT WOMEN SHOULD BE EQUAL WITH MEN.
She argued that women could live happy, and have better education opportunities.
I WAS BORN ON APRIL 27TH, 1759 IN SPITALFIELDS, LONDON.
She was the second child of seven. Her mother's name was Elizabeth Dickson and her father's name was Edward John Wollstonecraft.
FANNY BLOOD BECAME WOLLSTONECRAFT'S TUTOR.
Wollstonecraft also met some elderly neighbors who allowed her to use their private library to read and study.
WHEN WOLLSTONECRAFT WAS YOUNG, HER FATHER ABUSED HER MOTHER
When he was drunk, and she learned to distrust marriage and value independence.
SHE WROTE "A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN".
I PUBLISHED "THOUGHTS ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS" IN 1787.
WOMEN CAN VOTE, GO TO SCHOOL, GO TO THE ARMY, WORK, ETC.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH WILLIAM GODWIN AND GOT MARRIED IN 1797.
HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED MARY GODWIN SHELLEY ON AUGUST 30TH 1797.
But shortly after giving birth to her, Mary Wollstonecraft died of a fever. She was 38 years old.
