Eighteenth century pioneer feminist Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792). Her legacy stalled for almost a century while her lifestyle received more harsh judgmental attention than her writing. Yet she inspired Jane Austen and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
With the emergence of the feminist movement at the turn of the twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's advocacy of women's equality became increasingly important.
Her crowded world of other remarkable women, writers and friends are louder than the voices of her detractors.
Illustrated.
