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Her own woman : the life of Mary Wollstonecraft / Diane Jacobs.
Van Pelt Library PR5841.W8 Z74 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Diane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.
- Wollstonecraft, Mary.
- Authors, English--18th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Feminists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, [2001]
- Summary:
- Mary Wollstonecraft was self-taught, overcoming poverty, an abusive father, and narrow career choices. Her great feminist document, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", brought her fame throughout Europe, but she died giving birth to her daughter, Mary, author of the classic "Frankenstein". This biography uses personal letters to create a portrait of a woman ahead of her time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 068481093X
- OCLC:
- 45505968
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