MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (MRS. WILLIAM GODWIN)
\mˈe͡əɹi wˈə͡ʊlstə͡ʊnkɹˌaft mˈɪsɪz], \mˈeəɹi wˈəʊlstəʊnkɹˌaft mˈɪsɪz], \m_ˈeə_ɹ_i w_ˈəʊ_l_s_t_əʊ_n_k_ɹ_ˌa_f_t__ m_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_z]\
Definitions of MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (MRS. WILLIAM GODWIN)
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The noted author of the "Vindication of the Rights of Women"; born in 1759; died 1797. She was the mother of Mary Godwin, the poet Shelley's second wife. She published: "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters" (1787); "Original Stories" (1788); "Vindication of the Rights of Men" (1790); "Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792); "Historical and Moral Views of the French Revolution" (1794); "Letters Written in Norway" (1796). Her "Posthumous Works" appeared in 1798.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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