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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary WollstonecraftBorn: 27-Apr-1759
Birthplace: Hoxton, England
Died: 10-Sep-1797
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Blood poisoning
Remains: Buried, St. Peter's Churchyard, Bournemouth, Dorset, England

Gender: Female
Religion: Unitarian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Philosopher

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Vindication of the Rights of Women

Father: Edward John Wollstonecraft
Mother: Elizabeth Dixon (d. 1782)
Brother: Edward (older)
Brother: James (younger)
Brother: Charles (younger)
Sister: Eliza (younger)
Sister: Everina (younger)
Husband: Gilbert Imlay (timber merchant, m. May-1794, left her 1795)
Daughter: Fanny Imlay (b. 14-May-1794, d. 9-Oct-1816 suicide by laudanum overdose)
Husband: William Godwin (philosopher, novelist, m. 29-Mar-1797)
Daughter: Mary Shelley (novelist, b. 30-Aug-1797)

    Suicide Attempt jumped off Putney Bridge, London, England (Apr-1795)
    Suicide Attempt London, England (Oct-1795)
    Exhumed from St. Pancras Cemetery, London, England (for reburial)

Author of books:
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)
The Female Reader (1789, as Mr. Cresswick, Teacher of Elocution)
Vindication on the Rights of Woman (1792)
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman (1798)
An Historical and Moral View of the Origins and Progress of the French Revolution: And the Effect it has Produced in Europe (1794, history)
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)


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