Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th century Anglo-Irish feminist writer and intellectual. She wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 advocating for women's rights and education. Wollstonecraft lived in Paris during the French Revolution where she criticized the violence in her writing. She had an unhappy personal life and died in 1797 at the young age of 38.

1. Mary Wollstonecraft

2. 1. Mary Wollstonecraft was an Anglo-
Irish feminist, intellectual, and
writer.
2. She was born in London, in 1759 to
a despot father.

3. 3. Along with her sister she opened a
school and wrote a book about it.
4. She was also a governess,
translator and literary advisor.

4. 5. She also wrote Vindication on
the Rights of Woman in 1792.
6. She has said, “Society has bred
gentle domestic brutes. Educated in
slavish dependence and enervated
by luxury and sloth.”

5. 7. She lived in Paris during
Robespierre’s Reign of
Terror and criticized the
violence in another book
she wrote.
8. She has published many
works, including the book,
Frankenstein .

6. 9. She married twice, had two
daughters, and tried to drown herself
after first husband deserted her while in
England.
10. She died on September 10, 1797.

7. Sources
 www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.htm
(secondary source)
 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman taken
from www.bartleby.com (primary source)