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Title: Feminist Papers: A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Author: WOLLSTONECRAFT MARY
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/04/2019
Imprint: GIBBS SMITH
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
By the matriarch of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women tackles
womens-rights-as-human-rights decades before the women’s suffrage movement began. In what
is widely considered the very first feminist manifesto, Wollstonecraft argues on behalf of women’s
natural intellect and character – considered radical at the time, her writing has paved the way of
progress for generations to come.
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.
ISBN: 9781423650973
Dimension: 184mm X 133mm