Mary Wollstonecraft

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century British writer and philosopher best known as a pioneering advocate for women's rights and author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman."

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instanceOf feminist philosopher
human
philosopher
women's rights advocate
writer
causeOfDeath puerperal fever
child Fanny Imlay
Mary Shelley
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1759-04-27
dateOfDeath 1797-09-10
describedBySource 18th-century British writer and philosopher best known as a pioneering advocate for women's rights and author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
educatedAt self-educated
employer Henry Colburn
surface form: Joseph Johnson
ethnicGroup English
familyName Mary Wollstonecraft self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wollstonecraft
genre feminist theory
fiction
political philosophy
travel literature
givenName Mary
influenced John Stuart Mill
Mary Shelley
modern feminist theory
influencedBy Enlightenment thinkers
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

early feminism
name Mary Wollstonecraft self-link
notableWork A Vindication of the Rights of Men
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Mary: A Fiction
occupation educationalist
governess
novelist
philosopher
translator
parentOf Fanny Imlay
Mary Shelley
partner Fanny Imlay
surface form: Gilbert Imlay
placeOfBirth Spitalfields, London, England
placeOfDeath Somers Town, London, England
religion dissenter
residence London, England
surface form: London

Newington Green, London
Paris
sexOrGender female
sibling Eliza Bishop
Everina Wollstonecraft
spouse William Godwin

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Newington Green, London associatedWith Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Men author Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman author Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary: A Fiction author Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft familyName Mary Wollstonecraft self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wollstonecraft
Mary familyName Mary Wollstonecraft
subject surface form: Mary Wollstonecraft
this entity surface form: Wollstonecraft
Fanny Imlay grandmother Mary Wollstonecraft
this entity surface form: Elizabeth Wollstonecraft
Richard Price influenced Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Shelley influencedBy Mary Wollstonecraft
The Idea of Justice influencedBy Mary Wollstonecraft
Age of Enlightenment majorFigure Mary Wollstonecraft
Fanny Imlay mother Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Shelley mother Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft name Mary Wollstonecraft self-link
Mary notableBearer Mary Wollstonecraft
Joseph Johnson patronOf Mary Wollstonecraft
Joseph Johnson publishedAuthor Mary Wollstonecraft
Everina Wollstonecraft sibling Mary Wollstonecraft
William Godwin spouse Mary Wollstonecraft