Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and one of the earliest feminist advocates of the Age of Enlightenment. Her most notable work is the essay A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792. She was also Mary Shelley's mother.

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• Lifetime: 27 April 1759 • 10 September 1797
• Main genre: Non-fiction, essays
• Literary movement: The Enlightenment
• Circles: The Godwin-Shelley family
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"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."