Wollstonecraft

American  

[wool-stuhn-kraft, ‑-krahft] / ˈwʊl stənˌkræft, ‑ˌkrɑft /

noun

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

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Wollstonecraft British  

/ ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

Where Austen enjoyed laughing at these, Wollstonecraft regarded them as dangerous fantasies.

From The Wall Street Journal

The daughter of political radicals Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, she'd enjoyed an unconventional childhood by the standards of the times, leading to an early marriage to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

From BBC

English writer and women’s rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft was so obsessed with her best friend that after her friend died, Wollstonecraft wore a mourning ring made of her friend’s hair until her own deathbed.

From Los Angeles Times

Palacios appeared to secure the win when she confidently answered the question of which woman’s shoes would she like to spend a year in by saying Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th-century English writer and philosopher.

From Seattle Times

Mary Shelley, who wrote “Frankenstein,” also spent time in the park, where her mother, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, was buried before her remains were relocated.

From New York Times