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'''Mary Wollstonecraft''' was a philosopher and [[feminism|feminist]] from [[England]]. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. | '''Mary Wollstonecraft''' was a philosopher and [[feminism|feminist]] from [[England]]. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. | ||
| − | The most commonly cited source on Mary Wollstonecraft is Caroline Franklin's 'Mary Wollstonecraft: A Literary Life'. No fan of Wollstonecraft, Caroline lays out the more distasteful events of her life, including premarital sex resulting in a child, opiate addiction and previously undiscovered work as a courtisan to [[William Pitt]]. She held [[Jacobin]] sympathies and publicly renounced her Christian faith whilst in [[Paris]] during the [[French Revolution]]. Franklin also hints at Wollstonecraft's lesbian sympathies, as suggested by her husband the late William Godwin following her death from an undisclosed venereal disease in 1796. | + | The most commonly cited source on Mary Wollstonecraft is Caroline Franklin's 'Mary Wollstonecraft: A Literary Life'. No fan of Wollstonecraft, Caroline lays out the more distasteful events of her life, including premarital sex, just like Sarah Palin's daughter, resulting in a child, opiate addiction and previously undiscovered work as a courtisan to [[William Pitt]]. She held [[Jacobin]] sympathies and publicly renounced her Christian faith whilst in [[Paris]] during the [[French Revolution]]. Franklin also hints at Wollstonecraft's lesbian sympathies, as suggested by her husband the late William Godwin following her death from an undisclosed venereal disease in 1796. |
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Revision as of 20:51, November 3, 2008
Mary Wollstonecraft was a philosopher and feminist from England. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
The most commonly cited source on Mary Wollstonecraft is Caroline Franklin's 'Mary Wollstonecraft: A Literary Life'. No fan of Wollstonecraft, Caroline lays out the more distasteful events of her life, including premarital sex, just like Sarah Palin's daughter, resulting in a child, opiate addiction and previously undiscovered work as a courtisan to William Pitt. She held Jacobin sympathies and publicly renounced her Christian faith whilst in Paris during the French Revolution. Franklin also hints at Wollstonecraft's lesbian sympathies, as suggested by her husband the late William Godwin following her death from an undisclosed venereal disease in 1796.