Wollstonecraft, Mary
Born: Apr 27, 1759 AD
Died: 1797 AD, at 38 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Authors, Philosopher
Died: 1797 AD, at 38 years of age.
Nationality: English
Categories: Authors, Philosopher
1759 - Born on the 27th of April in Spitalfields, London, England.
1784 - She convinced her sister Eliza, who was suffering from what was probably postpartum depression, to leave her husband and infant.
1792 - Wollstonecraft left for Paris in December and arrived about a month before Louis XVI was guillotined.
- Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appear to be because they lack education.
1793 - Wollstonecraft, Imlay registered her as his wife, even though they were not married
1794 - Wollstonecraft soon became pregnant, and on the 14th of May she gave birth to her first child, Fanny, naming her after perhaps her closest friend.
1795 - Wollstonecraft returned to London in April, but he rejected her.
- In May, she attempted to commit suicide, probably with laudanum, but Imlay saved her life.
1796 - She recounted her travels and thoughts in letters to Imlay, many of which were eventually published as Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
1797 - On the 30th of August, Wollstonecraft gave birth to her second daughter, Mary. Although the delivery seemed to go well initially, the placenta broke apart during the birth and became infected, a common occurrence in the eighteenth century. After several days of agony.
- On the 10th of September, After several days of agony, Wollstonecraft died of septicemia in London, England.
1784 - She convinced her sister Eliza, who was suffering from what was probably postpartum depression, to leave her husband and infant.
1792 - Wollstonecraft left for Paris in December and arrived about a month before Louis XVI was guillotined.
- Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appear to be because they lack education.
1793 - Wollstonecraft, Imlay registered her as his wife, even though they were not married
1794 - Wollstonecraft soon became pregnant, and on the 14th of May she gave birth to her first child, Fanny, naming her after perhaps her closest friend.
1795 - Wollstonecraft returned to London in April, but he rejected her.
- In May, she attempted to commit suicide, probably with laudanum, but Imlay saved her life.
1796 - She recounted her travels and thoughts in letters to Imlay, many of which were eventually published as Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
1797 - On the 30th of August, Wollstonecraft gave birth to her second daughter, Mary. Although the delivery seemed to go well initially, the placenta broke apart during the birth and became infected, a common occurrence in the eighteenth century. After several days of agony.
- On the 10th of September, After several days of agony, Wollstonecraft died of septicemia in London, England.
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