Fun Facts About Mary Wollstonecraft
- Mary Wollstonecraft married William Godwin, who had argued for abolishing marriage. Godwin then rented an apartment 20 doors away so each kept their independence, and they often wrote letters.[1]
- Wollstonecraft was the mother of Mary Shelley, who became the author of Frankenstein.[1]
- Wollstonecraft once proposed a platonic living arrangement with the married artist Henry Fuseli and his wife. His wife was appalled, and Fuseli broke off the relationship.[1]
- Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution so angered Wollstonecraft that she spent the rest of the month writing her rebuttal. It made her famous overnight.[1]
- Wollstonecraft traveled to Scandinavia with her young daughter and a maid to track down a Norwegian captain who had absconded with Gilbert Imlay's silver. Her letters from the trip influenced Wordsworth and Coleridge.[1]
- As a teenager, Wollstonecraft used to lie outside her mother's bedroom door to protect her from her father, who apparently beat his wife in drunken rages.[1]
- Mary Wollstonecraft was alive at the same time as Leonhard Euler — their lives overlapped for 24 years (1759–1783).[1][2][3][4]
- Mary Wollstonecraft and Friedrich Schiller were both born in 1759.[1][2][5][6]
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences.[1]
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Questions About Mary Wollstonecraft
When was Mary Wollstonecraft born?
Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759, and died on September 10, 1797.
How old was Mary Wollstonecraft at death?
Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759, and died on September 10, 1797, at age 38.
What was Mary Wollstonecraft known for?
Mary Wollstonecraft was known for: Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer. Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences.
Who was alive at the same time as Mary Wollstonecraft?
Mary Wollstonecraft's closest contemporary was Immanuel Kant. Their lives overlapped for 38 years.
Sources
- Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mary Wollstonecraft (Q101638) — Wikidata
- Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
- Leonhard Euler (Q7604) — Wikidata
- Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Schiller (Q22670) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie (c. 1797).jpg — Wikimedia Commons. John Opie, Public domain