Mary Wollstonecraft
Born in 1759
Politics
Mary Wollstonecraft was an influential 18th-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist.
Her most famous work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, argued for women's education and equality.
Wollstonecraft's personal life, marked by unconventional relationships, often overshadowed her writing.
She married philosopher William Godwin and had a daughter, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
Wollstonecraft died at 38 due to childbirth complications.
Her reputation suffered after her death when Godwin published a memoir revealing her lifestyle.
However, the feminist movement of the 20th century revived interest in her work, and she is now considered a founding feminist philosopher.
