Wollstonecraft

[ wool-stuhn-kraft, ‑-krahft ]

noun

1. Mary Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).

Wollstonecraft

/ ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft /

noun

1. WollstonecraftMary17591797FBritishPOLITICS: feministWRITING: writer Mary. 1759–97, British feminist and writer, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792); wife of William Godwin and mother of Mary Shelley

Example Sentences

Percy revered Wollstonecraft, and the allure of her legacy heightened his attraction to her daughter.

From The Daily Beast

If you doubt that heartbreak is timeless, you need to read these letters from Wollstonecraft to her baby-daddy Gilbert Imlay.

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Phelan notes a powerful fragment on the rights of women, influenced by Mary Wollstonecraft and written when she was only 16.

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In Mary Wollstonecraft and Fuseli what was wanting was self-sacrifice.

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Now, the grandfather of Mary Wollstonecraft was an employing-weaver who did his work so well that his wares commanded a price.

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If mankind were honest and unselfish, then every proposition held out by Mary Wollstonecraft would hold true.

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Your marriage and divorce speeches and resolutions you must have learned in the school of a Wollstonecraft or a Sophie Arnaut.

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From the date of his marriage with Mary Wollstonecraft, he was a bright example of domestic virtue.

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