Which inspiring woman are you?
Congratulations!
You are Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) was a British philosopher, often hailed as the first feminist. She wrote several novels, essays, and children's books, but is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) in which she argued that women were degraded through the lack of education imposed on them by the restrictions of femininity. In line with the ideals of the Enlightenment, she fought for a society based on reason and the new concept of human rights.
As well as writing, Mary Wollstonecraft worked as a teacher, founded a school and travelled all over Europe, staying in France during the revolution. After a stormy relationship with Gilbert Imlay, with whom she had her first daughter Fanny, Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin. They had a daughter together: Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Mary Wollstonecraft died of puerperal fever shortly after the birth, but left a legacy of feminism that has changed the world.
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That is cool isn't. If Mary wouldn't have had such a strong mother she could have never competed in that little horror story challenge with Byron and Percy...and who won!?..an 18 year old girl wrote one of the most famous books of all time.
ReplyDeleteGrrrrrls Rawk, yes we do! ;)
ReplyDeleteProof positive of this is that your grrrls got you listening to Ben Folds!!
grrrls rule and boys drool!
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