Mary Wollstonecraft biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft

Author Name:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Born As:

Other Names:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Born:

27 Apr 1759

Died:

10 Sep 1797




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Author, feminist and philosopher                          
                          
Husband William Godwin - one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement - one daughter - Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
Wollstonecraft died at the age of thirty-eight due to complications from childbirth.                          
                          
Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers and feminists often cite both her life and work as important influences.