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Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759 - 1797)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on Oct. 29, 2024, 4:47 p.m.
Short name Wollstonecraft, Mary
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First name Mary
Birth name Wollstonecraft
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
John Opie, portait of Mary Wollstonecraft, ca. 1790-1791.
Mother
Father
Children Shelley, Mary
Religion / ideology
Education
Aristocratic title -
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Wollstonecraft, Mary was ...
related to Théroigne de Méricourt, Anne-Josèphe
related to Opie, Amelia
related to Margaret King
related to Smith, Charlotte
related to Helen Maria Williams
related to Macaulay, Catherine
related to Hays, Mary
Profession(s)
Memberships Blue Stockings Society
Place(s) of Residence England
Author of
receptions circulations
*Comments on Wollstonecraft's reading Caroline de Lichtfield (1787) 0 0
Thoughts on the education of daughters (1787) 1 0
*Comments on Wollstonecraft's reading Adèle et Théodore (1787) 0 0
On the Importance of Religious Opinions (1788) 0 0
Original Stories from Real Life (1788) 2 0
Mary, a Fiction (1788) 1 0
*Review article (on Smith) in The Analytical Review (1788) 0 0
*Comments on Genlis in Female Reader (1789) 0 0
*Preface to The Female Reader: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse; [....] (1789) 0 0
*The new Robinson (1790) 0 0
Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) 1 0
Young Grandison (1790) 0 0
Elements of Morality for the use of young children (1790) 1 0
*Remarque dans A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) 0 0
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) 21 1
Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution (1794) 2 0
*Art. in Analytical review (1795~) 0 0
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796) 16 1
The Cave of Fancy (1798) 0 0
Maria or the Wrongs of Woman (1798) 8 2
Analytical Review 0 0
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Circulations of Wollstonecraft, Mary, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Wollstonecraft, Mary, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
John Opie, portait of Mary Wollstonecraft, ca. 1790-1791. 1791 is portrait of
Maria Godwin, född Wollstonecraft [Maria Godwin, born Wollstonecraft] Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1798 comments on person
Maria Godwin, född Wolstonecraft Maria Godwin, born Wollstonecraft Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1798 is biography of
Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman Godwin, William 1798 is biography of
Korte Schets van het Leeven van Maria Goodwin, geb. Wollstonecraft, en haaren Letterkundigen Arbeid Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1799 comments on person
Eenige byzonderheden, betreffende Maria Wollstonecraft. Aan de Schryvers der Algemeene Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. 1800 comments on person
Vie et mémoires de Marie Wollstonecraft *Citoyen D*****n 1802 is biography of
La cuestión palpitante Pardo Bazán, Emilia 1883 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack 1885 -
*The social advancement of women in this century Millicent Fawcett 1888 comments on person
Kvindesagen The Woman Question Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Vissering, Simon 1888 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Bijvanck, W.G.C. 1892 -
O psihologiji Lavre Marholmove On the psychology of Laura Marholm Heilborn, Ernst 1897 -
A Study of Mary Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Woman. Rauschenbusch - Clough, Emma 1898 comments on person
Ali škoduje emancipacija bistvu ženstva? Does the emancipation harm the essence of women? Dolinar, Elvira 1899 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Jacobs, Aletta 1899 -
Nove faze moderne žene New phases of a modern woman Novák, Arne 1900 -
Ruskin in žene Ruskin and women Wilmersdoerffer, A. 1901 -
Ženski izobrazbi prosto pot Free way to the female education Drofenik, Rok 1901 -
*No Title Bing, Just 1906 -
Žensko vprašanje Woman's question Kveder, Zofka 1910 comments on person
Het feest der gedachtenis The feast of remembering Holst-van der Schalk, Henriëtte 1915 -
Vrouwenspiegel: een literair-sociologische studie over de Nederlandse romanschrijfster na 1880 Romein Verschoor, Annie 1936 comments on person
Mary Wollstonecraft Greve Dahl, Signe 1939 comments on person

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

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