Mary Wollstonecraft

There is something grimly humorous in the idea of Mary Wollstonecraft, destined as she was from all eternity to sound an alarum call to arouse women from their lethargy, spending her days behind a counter attending to their trifling temporal wants!

Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895

Such domination and stupidity could not be altered by the few women who dared to speak the truth, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, who earned an attribution as the "hyena in petticoats" for her fearless counter-arguments in the late 18th Century.

The Female Math Myth Jim Horn 2008

With the rise in the sense of woman's rights by ladies such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Robinson, these portraits displayed the new sense of unity between husband and wife.

The Enlightened Family Portrait, Part 2 Husbands and Wives Heather Carroll 2008

Such domination and stupidity could not be altered by the few women who dared to speak the truth, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, who earned an attribution as the "hyena in petticoats" for her fearless counter-arguments in the late 18th Century.

Archive 2008-07-01 Jim Horn 2008

Mary Wollstonecraft's visionary 1792 tract, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, claimed on behalf of women the natural rights theories of the French Enlightenment that upheld the sovereignty of the individual.

Ellen Chesler: How Women Became Citizens (Hint: It Didn't Happen Overnight!) Ellen Chesler 2011

We are told that one of the leaders mounted a stump and made a flaming Mary Wollstonecraft speech on the rights of women and the iniquities of the 'monied aristocracy,' which produced a powerful effect on her auditors, and they determined to 'have their way if they died for it.'

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Rebels And Messiahs: 10 Spiritual Ancestors For Occupy Wall Street RJ 2011

We urge you to support the Mary on the Green campaign for a long-overdue commemoration to Mary Wollstonecraft.

Letters: A century of progress and problems for women 2011

We are told that one of the leaders mounted a stump and made a flaming Mary Wollstonecraft speech on the rights of women and the iniquities of the 'monied aristocracy,' which produced a powerful effect on her auditors, and they determined to 'have their way if they died for it.'

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Rebels And Messiahs: 10 Spiritual Ancestors For Occupy Wall Street RJ 2011

On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, it is surprising to realise that there is still no significant memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-97, author of the groundbreaking A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and founder of the campaign for the freedom and equality of women.

Letters: A century of progress and problems for women 2011

Mary Wollstonecraft's visionary 1792 tract, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, claimed on behalf of women the natural rights theories of the French Enlightenment that upheld the sovereignty of the individual.

Ellen Chesler: How Women Became Citizens (Hint: It Didn't Happen Overnight!) Ellen Chesler 2011