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    Mary Wollstonecraft

    MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759–97) was an educational, political and feminist writer who early in her life worked as a companion, teacher and governess. In 1788 she settled in London as a translator and reader for the publisher Joseph Johnson, becoming part of the radical set that included Paine, Blake, Godwin and the painter Fuseli. Her great work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was published in 1792. She lived in Paris during the French Revolution and had a child by the American Gilbert Imlay, who deserted her. She returned to London in 1795 and, following her attempted suicide, became involved with Godwin, whom she married in 1797, shortly before the birth (which proved fatal) of her daughter, the future Mary Shelley. She left several unfinished works, including Maria.
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780141441252
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 28, 2004
    Penguin Classics
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780375757228
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 12, 2001
    Modern Library
    Mary; Maria; Matilda
    Mary; Maria; Matilda
    Mary Wollstonecraft , Mary Shelley
    9780140433715
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    May 04, 1993
    Penguin Classics
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Introduction by Barbara Taylor
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780679413370
    $25.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 1992
    Everyman's Library

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    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780141441252
    $13.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 28, 2004
    Penguin Classics
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780375757228
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 12, 2001
    Modern Library
    Mary; Maria; Matilda
    Mary; Maria; Matilda
    Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley
    9780140433715
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    May 04, 1993
    Penguin Classics
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
    Introduction by Barbara Taylor
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    9780679413370
    $25.00 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 02, 1992
    Everyman's Library

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