| Short name |
Wollstonecraft, Mary |
| VIAF |
http://viaf.org/viaf/51697482/ |
| First name |
Mary |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
,
|
| Date of birth |
1759 |
| Date of death |
1797 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
London |
| Place of death |
London |
| Lived in |
England
|
| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Margaret King
,
Amelia Opie
,
Catherine Macaulay
,
Charlotte Smith
,
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt
,
Helen Maria Williams
,
Mary Hays
|
| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN:
- Lerner, Creation of Feminist Consciousness, 1993, discussed p.211-2
Cf.
- Prinsen, Ned. lit.gesch. ca. 1920: Sand en Wollstonecraft in een adem genoemd: Mina Kruseman kon aan beiden niet tippen! svd mei 2004 |
| Provisional Notes |
Married to William Godwin, 2 daughters.
Born into middle class family, but compelled to work to support family.
Religion/ideology : Anglican; unorthodox.
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Health: By her own account had an easy birth with first child in France with female midwife. Preferred female midwives, but male physician was employed by husband William Godwin when birth of second daughter became complicated. Died 11 days after giving birth. (FScottJuly12.) /Died in childbirth.
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Political writer, writer of conduct literature, travel writer.
Translator from French (Jacques Necker); translator from German (Christian Gotthilf Salzmann).
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.73: novels containing “fem.”message, and other pages |