Daughter of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft & author of 'Frankenstein' (1797-1851). Her still globally popular, iconic novel was published anonymously in 1818 and assumed to be written by her husband. Illustration (left) by Irene Calvo Sanchez

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mary wollstonecraft next to adam !!

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MAKE THE MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT DRAMA WE ALL DESERVE !!! (Image of Wollstonecraft by ) https://t.co/crj80AHCg2

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Of course, there were many women who hated their needles, and it doesn’t help that Wollstonecraft wasn’t keen on women sewing.

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Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed, c. 1826, by (#NancyWollstonecraft; American, 1791-1828), who died (May 16). digital library, via https://t.co/7FpdSvsMod

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"I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves." Today in Mighty Girl history, British writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the first pioneers for women's rights, was born in 1759. https://t.co/Rgj54fWZ3a

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Happy Birthday - beautiful day for a walk with Wollstonecraft Walks https://t.co/GxfrD8aA0B🌞🎉🎂

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"One recess, particularly grand and solemn amongst the towering cliffs…might have served for a Druid’s haunt...where light-footed elves would gladly have danced their airy rounds."

—Mary Wollstonecraft, born 1759

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‘World-first’ comic book about Mary Wollstonecraft’s life to be given out to primary schools https://t.co/ZhSy7KrsYA

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‘World-first’ comic book about Mary Wollstonecraft’s life to be given out to primary schools https://t.co/Kvi64K4lwi

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Let's celebrate International Women’s Day

Some great literary writers: Mary Wollstonecraft, Virginia Woolf, George Sand, Gertrude Stein, Christine de Pisan, The Brontës, Colette, Grazia Deledda, Selma Lagerlöf, Mary Shelley, Jane Dieulafoy, Edith Wharton...

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"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!" -- Mary Wollstonecraft

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Henry Fuseli–born 1741–rarely drew the figure from life, basing his art on study of the antique & Michelangelo. He only ever painted two portraits, one being of Mary Wollstonecraft, who pursued him determinedly: "I hate clever women. They are only troublesome".

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01.02.2021

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Der moderne Prometheus



„Monster“ according Bernie Wrightson

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Loving all the alternative Mary Wollstonecraft depictions over at ! Here are a few of them, by 💛
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My look at Mary Wollstonecraft painted by John Okie. My version shows the diary entry in which she contemplates her legacy.

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Thought I’d do a bit of pretend pencil sketching in for today’s Mary Wollstonecraft, painted in oils on canvas around 1790/1791 by John Opie.

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