1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Updated: Oct 14
The author of "The Rights of Women" and the mother of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein was given a most unremarkable obituary.
The mother of Mary Shelley died in childbirth of Mary. Mrs. Wollstonecraft-Godwin was famed in her own right.
Mary was born in 1759 in London and passed away in September of 1797, at the age of 38 while giving birth to her daughter, Mary Shelley. Mary was a writer and she advocated strongly for women's rights in the 1700s. Her publication, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in 1792, is considered a historic piece of feminist philosophy. She is considered the founding feminist advocators. She wrote many books which included the History of the French Revolution. In her book title, Rights of Woman, she writes that women are not inferior to men, but only appear to be due to limited education. She was ridiculed for suggesting that men and women should both be treated as rational beings and suggest a social order that is founded on reason.
Throughout her life she advocated for girls to have an equal education as the boys.
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