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Wollstonecraft

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Woll·stone·craft  (wlstn-krft, -kräft), Mary In full Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. 1759-1797.
British writer and reformer noted for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), considered the first important feminist essay.
Wollstonecraft [ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft]
n
(Biographies / Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797) F, British, POLITICS: feminist, WRITING: writer) Mary. 1759-97, British feminist and writer, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792); wife of William Godwin and mother of Mary Shelley
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Noun1.WollstonecraftWollstonecraft - English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797)
Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin


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Shelley himself formed a union with Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, the daughter of his revolutionary teacher.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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